Delaware materials, Muhlenberg family papers, 1769-1866

Culture:
Lenape includes: Lenni-Lenape, Delaware
Language: German | English | Delaware
Date: 1785-1799
Contributor: Muhlenberg, Henry
Subject: Botany | Linguistics | Pennsylvania--History
Type: Text
Genre: Notebooks
Extent: 2 vols.
Description: The Muhlenberg family papers contains two items in the "Correspondence" section of the finding aid containing Lenape ("Delaware") vocabulary: item 19, Monographia plantarum Lancastriensis, consisting of descriptions of trees, shrubs, and plants, including local names in German, English, and Delaware; and item 19a, Samlungen von dem was ich aus dem Thierreich habe bemerken können, which includes definitions for Delaware Indian words, said to be taken from the Essay of a Delaware Indian and English Spelling Book, 1776.
Collection: Muhlenberg family papers, 1769-1866 Mss.B.M891