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 Title:  Vocabularies and Miscellaneous Papers Related to Indian Languages     
 Type:  Collection 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  Native American languages 
 Dates:  Circa 1784-1828 
 Extent:  3 volumes 
 Abstract:  Miscellaneous Manuscripts on North and Central American Indian Languages. Vocabulary lists and correspondence concerning Cherokee, Chippewa, Choctaw, Creek, Delaware, Lenni Lenape, Miami, Mohican, Osage, Shawano, and other Indian languages. Manuscripts and correspondence by James Barbour, Benjamin Smith Barton, Daniel Butrick, Peter S. Du Ponceau, Martin Duralde, George Gambold, George Gurley, Benjamin Hawkins, John Heckewelder, George Izard, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Kells, William V. Murray, Constantine Rafinesque, Daniel Smith, William Thornton, David Zeisberger, and others 
 Source:  American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee American Indian Vocabulary Collection (497 V85) 
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 Subjects:  Linguistics and philology 
2Author:  Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808
 Moravian missionary. Worked and lived among the Delaware and other Indian tribes; helped establish settlements in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Canada. Student and recorder of Indian languages and customs 


 Title:  Answers to Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton's Queries Concerning the Northern Indians     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  1797-1798 
 Extent:  38 leaves 
 Abstract:   none  
 Source:  American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee American Indian Vocabulary Collection (497 V85) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture 
3Author:  Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1742-1823
 Moravian missionary, ethnographer, linguist. Heckewelder, a member of the Moravian community at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was active among the Indians of Pennsylvania and Ohio, from 1763 until 1810. He served as envoy and consultant for the U.S. government on Indian affairs and was correspondent with P. S. Du Ponceau on Indian linguistics. 


 Title:  Vocabularies and Miscellaneous Papers Pertaining to Indian Languages     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English | Lenni Lenape | Delaware | Shawnee | Algonquin | Mohican 
 Dates:  Circa 1821 
 Extent:  5 items 
 Abstract:  5 items by Heckewelder. Includes comparative vocabularies of Lenni Lenape, Delaware, Shawano, Algonquin, Mohican, and others 
 Source:  American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee American Indian Vocabulary Collection (497 V85) 
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 Subjects:  Linguistics and philology 
4Author:  Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
 U.S. President, statesman, savant. Jefferson held several positions in the government of both Virginia and the United States. He was U. S. Secretary of State, under Washington, from 1790 to 1793; vice-president from 1796-1801; president, 1801-1809. As President of the American Philosophical Society, from 1797 to 1815, Jefferson actively promoted geographical, paleontological, botanical, and linguistic studies in the United States. 


 Title:  Vocabulary of the Delaware Indians and Vocabulary of the Unquachog Indians     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English | Delaware 
 Dates:  1791; n.d. 
 Extent:  2 items 
 Abstract:  Indian languages 
 Source:  American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee American Indian Vocabulary Collection (497 V85) 
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 Subjects:  Linguistics and philology 
5Author:  Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
 Physician, naturalist. Medical practice, Philadelphia, 1789-1815; professor of natural history and botany, College of Philadelphia, 1790-95, of materia medica, 1895-1813; chair of theory and practice of medicine, 1813-15; physician to Pennsylvania Hospital, 1798-1815; founder and editor, Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal, 1805-08. Barton's interests and research included studies in botany, materia medica, and American ethnography. 


 Title:  Queries Concerning the Northern Indians     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  31 March 1797 
 Extent:  2 leaves 
 Abstract:   none  
 Source:  American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee, American Indian Vocabulary Collection (497 V85) 
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 Subjects:  Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution 
6Author:  Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel, 1783-1840
 Naturalist. Secretary and chancellor to American consul, Palermo, Sicily, 1805-1808; exporter, Palermo, 1808-1815; tutor, naturalist, in U.S., 1815-1819; professor, botany, natural history, modern languages, Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., 1819-1826; lecturer, retailer of medicinal plants, founder of savings bank, Philadelphia, 1826-1840 


 Title:  Vocabulary of the Chontal Language and its Dialects Spreading from Guatimala to Panama and Darien     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  Chontal 
 Dates:  1826 
 Extent:  7 leaves 
 Abstract:   none  
 Source:  American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee American Indian Vocabulary Collection (497 V85) 
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 Subjects:  Linguistics and philology 
7Author:  Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel, 1783-1840
 Naturalist. Secretary and chancellor to American consul, Palermo, Sicily, 1805-1808; exporter, Palermo, 1808-1815; tutor, naturalist, in U.S., 1815-1819; professor, botany, natural history, modern languages, Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., 1819-1826; lecturer, retailer of medicinal plants, founder of savings bank, Philadelphia, 1826-1840 


 Title:  Vocabulary of the Extinct Haytian or Taina Language     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Manuscripts 
 Language:  Taina 
 Dates:  1826 
 Extent:  3 leaves 
 Abstract:   none  
 Source:  American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee American Indian Vocabulary Collection (497 V85) 
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 Subjects:  Linguistics and philology 
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