Pennsylvania Indians materials, American Philosophical Society Archives
Language: English
Date: 1815-1865
Contributor: Conyngham, Redmond, 1781-1846 | Porter, Thomas C. (Thomas Conrad), 1822-1901 | Horsfield, Sarah | Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893
Subject: Antiquities | Pennsylvania--History | Material culture | Archaeology | Funeral rites and ceremonies | Petroglyphs
Type: Text
Genre: Correspondence
Extent: 7 items
Description: Correspondence regarding materials relating to Pennsylvania Indians. Topics include Redmond Conyngham's letters regarding Indian rock shelters near Buck Mountain, Pennsylvania (where pottery shards and a burial were found) and his donation to the APS of stone implements (stone hammers, etc.) found at an "Indian workshop" near Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Other topics include the efforts of the heirs of Joseph Horsfield to reclaim Francis Parkman's recommendation of a Mr. Dickson "as a suitable person to copy the papers ... in the Horsefield [sic] Collection"; and Thomas C. Porter's letter acknowledging receipt of 50 copies of a communication on Indian rocks in the Susquehanna and noting that the Linnaean Society of Lancaster is making a cast of figures on rocks to present to the APS.
Collection: American Philosophical Society Archives APS.Archives