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1Author:  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:  Correspondence between John Heckewelder and Benjamin Smith Barton     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  4 August 1795 - 29 March 1815 
 Extent:  15 letters 
 Abstract:  15 letters (14 to Barton, 1 to Heckewelder). Indian languages 
 Source:  Benjamin Smith Barton. Violetta W. Delafield Collection (B B284.d) 
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 Subjects:  Linguistics and philology 
2Author:  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:  Correspondence between John Heckewelder and Benjamin Smith Barton     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  4 August 1795 - 29 March 1815 
 Extent:  15 letters 
 Abstract:  15 letters (14 to Barton, 1 to Heckewelder). Indian languages 
 Source:  Benjamin Smith Barton. Violetta W. Delafield Collection (B B284.d) 
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 Subjects:  Linguistics and philology