Maliseet materials, American Philosophical Society Archives

Culture:
Wolastoqiyik includes: Wəlastəkwewiyik, Malecite, Maliseet
Wabanaki includes: Wabenaki, Wobanaki
Penobscot
Language: English
Date: 1833-1893
Contributor: Howe, John, 1754-1835 | Hale, Horatio, 1817-1896 | Phillips, Henry, 1838-1895 | Pilling, James Constantine, 1846-1895
Subject: Quillwork | Linguistics | Material culture
Type: Text
Genre: Correspondence | Essays
Extent: 4 items
Description: Items relating to Maliseet culture and Malecite-Passamaquoddy language. These include John Howe's presentation of a set of porcupine table mats, made by the Native people of St. John, New Brunswick, to the Horatio Hale's letter to Henry Phillips concerning the proper title of his pamphlet [i.e., "Remarks on the language of the St. John's, or Wlastukweek Indians, with a Penobscot vocabulary" (1834)], words taken when Indians visited Cambridge, and faulty reference in Pilling's proof sheets; James Pilling's letter to Phillips seeking proper bibliographical entry for Hale (1834) pamphlet on Wlastukweek and the spelling of the name; and Phillips' "Concerning pamphlet on the language of the St. John's...Indians," about Hale (1834).
Collection: American Philosophical Society Archives APS.Archives