MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1802-1808
Abstract:
This item contains Jefferson's comparative vocabulary, based on his collection of vocabularies taken on printed forms; a second comparative vocabulary; and John Sibley's vocabulary of the Caddo language. This document was damaged in transit from the White House to Monticello in 1809 (see letters of Jefferson to Peter S. Du Ponceau, November 7, 1817, and April 26, 1816.)
Call #:
Mss.497.J35
Extent:
1 volume(s)
Subjects:
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Atacapas language | Caddo language | Cayuga language | Cherokee language | Chickasaw language | Chitimacha language | Choctaw language | Cree language | Creek language | Delaware language | Indians of North America -- Languages | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Language Material | Language and Linguistics | Mahican language | Miami language (Ind. and Okla.) | Munsee language | Nanticoke language | Native America | Native American Materials | Oneida language | Onondaga language | Ottawa language | Shawnee language | Tuscarora language | Unami jargon | Unquachog language