Selected papers, [ca. 1819-1863], relating to Benjamin Franklin

Language: English

Date: 1830-1846

Contributor: Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866

Subject: Antiquities | Mounds | Portraits

Type: Text

Genre: Diaries

Extent: 98 pages

Description: Diary excerpts. Original in Harvard College library. Records interview with follower of Braddock who reports that Washington advised taking Indian aid; reads manuscript introduction to McKenney's contemplated volumes of Indian portraits; finds Albert Gallatin "full of zeal" on collecting Indian languages (1830-1831). Meets with Ephraim G. Squier; suggests he look at additional western mounds (1846).

Collection: Selected papers, [ca. 1819-1863], relating to Benjamin Franklin Mss.B.Sp25

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