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Language:English
Date:November 20, 1797
Contributor:Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
Subject:Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:2 pages
Description: Letter to John G. E. Heckewelder regarding whether the Pampticangs [Pampticoughs?] and Nanticokes are the same people, suggesting comparison of their languages with possible aid from Zeisberger, and sending publications for Zeisberger and others. [From original in the College of Physicians, Philadelphia.]
Collection:Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d)
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Language:Algonquin | Choctaw | English | Miami-Illinois | Narragansett
Date:1787-1888
Contributor:Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 | Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich, 1752-1840 | Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896 | Hassler, F. R, (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 | Richmond, James Cook, 1808-1866 | Ticknor, George, 1791-1871
Subject:Colonies | Germany--History | Linguistics
Type:Text
Genre:Microfilms
Extent:1 reel
Description: These letters and documents concern primarily the American Colony of Göttingen, including a record book containing historical data on the group (1855-1888), and the Algonquin, Choctaw, Illinois, and Naragansett Indian languages. Includes letters of: B. A. Gould, F. R. Hassler, Gauss, Sir Joseph Banks, J. F. Blumenbach. Originals in Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, Germany.
Collection:Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen letters and documents (Mss.H.S.Film.8)
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Lenape includes: Lenni-Lenape, Delaware
Language:English
Date:October 20, 1764; April 6, 1765; August 21, 1767; February 22, 1796;
Contributor:Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | Barnsley, Thomas, -1771 | Dixon, Jeremiah | Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806
Subject:Surveying | Pennsylvania--History | Antiquities
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:4 items
Description: Relavent materials can be found in the finding aid under the specific dates listed. Correspondence between Gates and Barnsley regarding attacks by Indians, concern for convoys to Fort Pitt, and seizure of goods by country people, 1764-1765. Letter from Dixon to James Burd authorizing two Indians to return home, and referring them to Sir William Johnson for pay, 1767. Letter from Barton to John G. E. Heckewelder with questions about Indian artifacts, mica, color of Indian children at birth, etc, 1796. Other individuals mentioned include George Croghan.
Collection:Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (Mss.Ms.Coll.200)
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Language:English
Date:After 1806, circa 1814
Contributor:Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
Subject:Zoology
Type:Text
Extent:2 pages
Description: A note on Barton's "Article on animals of America." Refers to his name for elk, Cervus Wapiti, derived from Shawnee. See also Barton (1806).
Collection:American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives)