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oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9161

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Title:Pennsylvania Indians materials, American Philosophical Society Archives
Contributor:Conyngham, Redmond, 1781-1846
Porter, Thomas C. (Thomas Conrad), 1822-1901
Horsfield, Sarah
Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893
Date:1815-1865
Description: Correspondence regarding materials relating to Pennsylvania Indians. Topics include Redmond Conyngham's letters regarding Indian rock shelters near Buck Mountain, Pennsylvania (where pottery shards and a burial were found) and his donation to the APS of stone implements (stone hammers, etc.) found at an "Indian workshop" near Paradise, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Other topics include the efforts of the heirs of Joseph Horsfield to reclaim Francis Parkman's recommendation of a Mr. Dickson "as a suitable person to copy the papers ... in the Horsefield [sic] Collection"; and Thomas C. Porter's letter acknowledging receipt of 50 copies of a communication on Indian rocks in the Susquehanna and noting that the Linnaean Society of Lancaster is making a cast of figures on rocks to present to the APS.
Extent:7 items
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9161
Language:English
Language (ISO639):eng
Spatial Coverage:Buck Mountain
Paradise
Subject:Antiquities
Pennsylvania--History
Material culture
Archaeology
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Petroglyphs
Type:Correspondence
Type (DCMI):Text

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Archive:  Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
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Citation: Conyngham, Redmond, 1781-1846; Porter, Thomas C. (Thomas Conrad), 1822-1901; Horsfield, Sarah; Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893. 1815-1865. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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