Mexico materials, Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection

Culture:
Otomi includes: Hñahñu, Ñuhu, Ñhato, Ñuhmu
Purépecha includes: Tarascan (pej.), P'urhépecha
Language: French | Spanish
Date: July 1802; April 20, 1831
Contributor: Franck, Maximilian, approximately 1780- | Ferrer, Jose Joaquin de
Subject: Mexico--Antiquities | Linguistics
Type: Text
Genre: Correspondence | Dictionaries
Extent: 2 items
Description: 1) Franck's letter to the President de la Societe Geographique [sic] a Paris concerning Mexican antiquities, particularly those in the American Philosophical Society. Mentions Poinsett, Humboldt, and Du Ponceau. 2) A fragment (only 5 items) of Ferrer's list of dictionaries and grammars of Mexican, Tarascan, and Otomi languages.
Collection: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection Mss.Ms.Coll.200