(AMERICAN INDIANS) [Van Patten Angelica] Testimony concernin

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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) [Van Patten, Angelica.] Testimony concerning her work as an assistant at the Seneca Mission near Buffalo. Autograph Manuscript, 14 pages, 12 x 8 inches, on 4 unbound sheets; moderate wear, slightly affecting text on final leaf. Np, circa 1821

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The United Foreign Mission Society established a small mission school on the outskirts of the Seneca reservation, staffed by a superintendant, an assistant, and two female teachers. In 1821, Thompson S. Harris arrived as the new superintendant, and soon came into conflict with one of the teachers, Miss Van Patten. Though in poor health, she was asked to do extensive housework in addition to her teaching duties. She prepared this testimony in response to formal charges filed by Thompson--leaving us with fourteen pages of detailed descriptions of mission life.