English-Lenni Lenape and Lenni Lenape-English dictionary, 1859-1860

Mss.497.33.H39

Date: 1859-1860 | Size: 1 Volumes, 1volume, 823 p.
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Abstract

This dictionary is based on various printed authorities (Zeisberger, Heckewelder, etc.) and contains a separate dictionary of Indigenous place names arranged by states. Maps beyond Lenape territory may contain Powhatan, Susquehannock, Mohegan-Pequot, Quiripi-Unquachaog, Carolina Algonquian, and Pamlico place names.

Digital objects note

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Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 823 p.

Provenance

Presented by Mathew Schropp Henry, 1860.

Processing information

Only maps are noted.

Related material

See correspondence pertaining to this item in the APS Archives: Henry to APS; Dec. 20, 1860; Dec. 22, 1860 (2 letters on this date.) See also, "Correspondence on Indian Names, 1857-1860" (Mss.497.3.H39).

General note

This volume contains 8 maps of portions Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, and New York. Maps beyond Lenape territory may contain Powhatan, Susquehannock, Mohegan-Pequot, Quiripi-Unquachaog, Carolina Algonquian, and Pamlico place names.(Older descriptions of this volume noted only Maryland and New Jersey maps.)

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Maps.

Subject(s)

  • Delaware language -- Dictionaries -- Polyglot
  • Delaware--Maps
  • Lenape people
  • Maryland--Maps
  • New Jersey--Maps
  • New York (State)--Maps
  • North Carolina--Maps
  • Pennsylvania--Maps
  • Virginia--Maps


Detailed Inventory

Maps
  
Henry, Mathew Schropp, 1790-1862.
Chesapeake Bay area
n.d.1 map, 37.5 x 47 cm
Henry, Mathew Schropp, 1790-1862.
Delaware Bay
n.d.1 map, 21.6 x 19.7 cm

Includes Lenape place names.

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Henry, Mathew Schropp, 1790-1862.
"Map of Delaware Bay and River from the Ocean to Trenton in New Jersey"
n.d.1 map, 47.6 x 21.6 cm

Includes Lenape place names. Full title on map: "Map of Delaware Bay and River from the Ocean to Trenton in New Jersey, copied from the History by J. Campanius Holm the Swedish Historian written in 1642 to 1648

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Henry, Mathew Schropp, 1790-1862.
Delaware River, from Naaman's Creek to Trenton, including Philadelphia
n.d.1 map, 22.9 x 19.7 cm

Includes Lenape place names.

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Henry, Mathew Schropp, 1790-1862.
"Map of discoveries in the Expeditions of Sir Walter Raleigh in America, 1584"
n.d.1 map, 15.9 x 20.3 cm

"Copied by M. S. Henry, May 1860." Includes names of Indigenous towns and other places.

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Henry, Mathew Schropp, 1790-1862.
Lower Hudson River and Long Island
n.d.1 map, 25.4 x 40 cm

Includes marginalia notes on Long Island 17th century history. Includes Indigenous place names, primarily Algonquian names on Long Island.

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Henry, Mathew Schropp, 1790-1862.
Lower Delaware River
n.d.1 map, 19.7 x 19 cm
649.757: 1752: N816efd: Large. Henry, Mathew Schropp, 1790-1862.
Northampton County [Pennsylvania], showing Lenape names
n.d.1 map, 68.6 x 55.9 cmmap-case Large