MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1840
Abstract:
This one-volune collection, consisting of three manuscripts bound together, was previously named "Names of various trees, shrubs, and plants in the language of the Lennape [sic], 1840" after one of the manuscripts in it. It consists of Nottoway terms, organized according to a variety of categories; a Lenape (Delaware) word list relating to English botanical terms, along with Latin terms; and an English-Algonquian-Lenape comparative vocabulary.
Call #:
Mss.497.3.W85
Extent:
1 volume(s)
Subjects:
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Algonquian languages | Algonquin language | Cheroenhaka Indians | Delaware language | Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823 | Indians of North America -- Languages | Iroquoian languages | Kampman, Christian Frederick, 1708-1808 | Language Material | Language and Linguistics | Native America | Native American Materials | Vocabularies. | Wood, John,ca. 1775-1822.