Seneca materials, American Philosophical Society Archives

Culture:

Seneca includes: Onöndowága

Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe

Language: English

Date: 1818-1850

Contributor: Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Ferris, Benjamin | Strong, Nathaniel T.

Subject: New York (State)--History | Pennsylvania--History | Missions | Diplomacy | Iroquoian languages | Linguistics | Orthography and spelling

Type: Text

Genre: Correspondence

Extent: 3 items

Description: Letters regarding Seneca materials. Topics include Quakers' work with Indians, particularly Mrs. Deborah Logan's references to Quaker work at Allegany and to records at half-yearly meeting; Nathaniel T. Strong's return of a borrowed book along with his offer to send copies of all books published in the Seneca language to the American Philosophical Society and his mention of a visit of chiefs to Washington; and Benjamin Ferris' offer of 7 works, 1846-1850, principally accounts of Quaker missionary activity at Cattaraugus and Buffalo Creek, among the New York Senecas.

Collection: American Philosophical Society Archives APS.Archives

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