Sam Kirkland of Paris, N.Y. to Whom It May Concern letter of introduction for Mr. Tilton Eastman, speaking of him as being a very worthy man.

Letter from Peter Thacher of Boston to S. Kirkland announcing that the Society in Scotland considers their connection with Kirkand dissolved.

Five page letter from S. Kirkland in Stockbridge to Peter Thacher, plan to found schools among the Indians. His extra expenses during the famine of 1789. Is going to take his children into the Indian country.

Two page letter from S. Kirkland in Oneida to Peter Thacher recommends a Mr. Crosby as good man to keep a school among the Indians.

Four-page letter from Samuel Kirkland to Mrs. Jerusha (Bingham) Kirkland, describing the army's march between Wyoming and Teago (Tioga).

Letter from S. Kirkland if Stockbridge to Peter Thacher has had trouble with his eyes. Death of Good Peter. Calkin us soured by his neglect and suffering: he should have $200 a year.

Map from (Samuel Kirkland) of the school situation. (A rough map, lettered in Kirkland's hand, showing Oneida, New Stockbridge, Brothertown, Fort Stanwix, and the situation of the School kept by Calkin.)

Two page letter from (Samuel Kirkland) plan to incorporate the Indian school at Oneida, with list of Trustee, headed with the name of Alexander Hamilton.

A fifteen page plan from Samuel Kirkland of Education for the Indians, more particulary of the five Nations.

Six page letter from S. Kirkland of Stockbridge to Peter Thacher with a long account of his attempts to arrange a general peace among the Indians.

Three page letter from S. Kirkland of Oneida to Peter Thacher congress' appropriation for educating the Indians. They are eager to learn. His plan for erecting a large school. Mr. Calkin's genius for teaching them.

Six page letter from S. Kirkland near Oneida to Peter Thacher with estimate of expenses for his proposed Indian school. Quotes a letter from Joesph Brant, praising the undertaking. Calkin's fine work: he deserves more pay.

Two page folio from Samuel Kirkland of Stockbridge to John Wheelock, the honor shown by the Indians to the memory of Eleazar Wheelock. Thanks him for his kindness to his son George. Is moving his family to Oneida.

Samuel Kirkland (1741-1808), missionary. The collection consists of diaries kept while a missionary to the Oneida peoples and the Six Nations under the aegis of the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge and Harvard College, correspondence with his son John Thornton Kirkland and others, writings, sermons and deeds.