%0 Manuscript %A Thomson, Charles 1729-1824 %G English %T An Enquiry into the Causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians…(extra-illustrated volumes) by Charles Thomson 1873 %X These volumes are a compilation of documents, handwritten copies of original documents, maps, portraits, newspaper clippings, prints and the minutes of the Friendly Association for the Preservation of Peace's meetings with the Indians of the area. Charles Thomson, a member of Congress and the Association, was asked to take minutes during these meetings, held to explore the reasons and causes behind the deadly rift between the Indians and the English colonists. Original title is "An Enquiry into the Causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British Interest and into the Measures taken for Recovering their Friendship"