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oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9127

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Title:Haudenosaunee materials, American Philosophical Society Archives
Contributor:Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
Date:1816-1820
Description: Items relating to Haudenosaunee materials, mostly the correspondence of Peter S. du Ponceau as he sought to obtain linguistic materials. This includes an exchange with Jason Chamberlain, who was referred to du Ponceau by Thomas Jefferson, mentioning an "Indian spelling book" [Gaiatonsera (1813)] and Eleazer Williams; a letter to Williams listing Iroquois works at the American Philosophical Society and requesting "more data"; a letter to Joseph P. Norris asking for records pertaining to the conference between Scaroyady of the Six Nations and some members of the Society of Friends [for reply, see also Norris to Du Ponceau, June 19, 1818]; a letter to Jefferson forwarding comparative Iroquoian vocabularies (Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk, Tuscarora with Nottoway); and a memorandum by du Ponceau concerning H. G. Spofford's (of Albany) directions to contact Eleazer Williams (Oneida Castle, Oneida New York) for Indian vocabularies.
Extent:6 items
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9127
Language:English
Language (ISO639):eng
Subject:Haudenosaunee
Oneida
Onondaga
Seneca
Mohawk
Tuscarora
Nottoway
Linguistics
Type:Correspondence
Memoranda
Type (DCMI):Text

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Archive:  Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
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Citation: Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844. 1816-1820. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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