Moses Tunda Tatamy

(ca. 1695 - ca. 1760)

A Delaware Indian of the Munsee branch, he exemplified the spirit of reconciliation. He lived on 315 acres northeast of here, patented to him by the Penns, 1738. Tatamy was the first Native American baptized by the famed David Brainerd, 1745. An interpreter, he undertook many diplomatic missions. The borough of Tatamy, incorporated 1893, was named for him.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and 8th Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.

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