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Date:1783-1817
Contributor:Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815 | McAtee, William L.
Subject:Botany | Health | Linguistics | Religion | Rites and ceremonies | Zoology
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Vocabularies
Extent:107 pages
Description: These letters authored by Benjamin Barton Smith to various correspondents discuss Indian vocabulary words for birds, earthquakes, and animals of their domestic economy. Smith solicits information about Indian beliefs about health, nursing, menstration, animal sacrifice, Indian Bible, origins of Indian tribes, white race, Orthography and spelling, chief's political power, and comparative linguistic analysis between Indian and Asiatic languages.
Collection:Violetta Delafield-Benjamin Smith Barton Collection (Mss.B.B284d)
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Date:1980-1986
Contributor:Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823 | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Masthay, Carl | Pentland, David H. | Siebert, Frank T. (Frank Thomas), 1912-1998
Subject:Linguistics | Religion | Demographics
Type:Text
Genre:Vocabularies | Dictionaries | Vocabularies | Censuses | Grammars
Description: The Mohican materials in the Siebert Papers consists primarily of secondary sources in Series IV and VII. Siebert's work on Mohican langage can be found in Series V. Of special interest is "Mahican Writings from the Moravian Archives" and vocabulary copied from Thomas Jefferson's word list.
Collection:Frank Siebert Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.97)