
American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee, American Indian Vocabulary Collection
Mss.497.V85
Vocabularies and Correspondence | 1784-1828 | 0.25 lin. feet | ||
1. Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844.
List of vocabularies communicated by Jefferson, Heckewelder, and Murray | n.d | 1p. | ||
1a. Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844.
ALS to John Vaughan | Oct. 5, 1820 | 1p. | ||
List of additional vocabularies communicated | ||||
1b. Address sheet to Thomas Jefferson | ca.1809 | 1p. | ||
Note: "papers which were lost in the trunk no. 28 found on the S. side of the river 3 or 4 miles above Manchester & returned to me by Mr. Jefferson July 2, 1809." | ||||
1c. Vaughan, John, 1756-1841.
Endorsement | Oct 1825 | 1p. | ||
In hand of John Vaughan: "Indian vocabularies sent to A.P. Soc. By Thos. Jefferson." | ||||
2. Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
Vocabulary of the Cherokee and Choctaw languages | prior to 1784 | 8p. | ||
Communicated by Jefferson, with note in his hand attributing authorship to Benjamin Hawkins Freeman and Smith 663 Access digital object: | ||||
3. W[illiam] Thornton.
Vocabulary of the Miami language taken in part from Little Turtle | Jan. 11, 1802 | 17p. | ||
Communicated by Jefferson, with note attirbuting to William Thornton, as taken from Little Turtle and William Wells, the translator Freeman and Smith 2225 | ||||
4. Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
ALS to Thomas Jefferson | July 12, 1800 | 4p. | ||
Letter of transmittal accompanying vocabulary no. 5, and describing informants and conditions of collection Freeman and Smith 809 | ||||
5. Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
A comparative vocabulary of the Muskoges, or Creek, Chickasaw, Chocktaw, and Cherokee languages | [1800] | 15p. | ||
Freeman and Smith 662 and 810 Access digital object: | ||||
6. Campbell, David.
Vocabulary of the Cherokee language | [received August 5, 1800] | 8p. | ||
Freeman and Smith 649 Access digital object: | ||||
7. Smith, Daniel.
ALS to [Thomas Jefferson] | July 6, 1800 | 1p. | ||
Letter of transmittal accompanying vocabulary no. 8 Freeman and Smith 702 | ||||
8. Smith, Daniel.
Vocabulary of the Chickasaw Indians, Tennessee | July 6, 1800 | 2p. | ||
Freeman and Smith 703 Access digital object: | ||||
9. Chasseboeuf, Constantin François , comte de Volney.
Vocabulary of the Miami Indians | March, 1798 | 4p. | ||
Employing Jefferson's printed form for vocabulary Freeman and Smith 2226 Access digital object: | ||||
10. Martin Duralde.
Suite du vocabulaire de la langue des Atacapas | April 23, 1802 | 8p. | ||
Freeman and Smith 422 Access digital object: | ||||
11. Martin Duralde.
Vocabulaire de la langue des Chatimachas et Croyance des Chetimachas | April 23, 1802 | 9p. | ||
Includes commentary on Chitimacha religion Freeman and Smith 729 Access digital object: | ||||
12. Martin Duralde.
ALS to William Dunbar | April 24, 1802 | 11p. | ||
Letter of transmittal accompanying vocabularies no. 10, 11, in French, with commentary on the Indians and collection of information. Freeman and Smith 421 Access digital object: | ||||
13. Martin Duralde.
Translation of ALS to William Dunbar | April 24, 1802 | 7p. | ||
Freeman and Smith 421 Access digital object: | ||||
14. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Vocabulary of the Unquachog Indians | 1791 | 2p. | ||
Recorded by Jefferson at Pusspatock Settlement, Brookhaven, Long Island, June 13, 1791, in the presence of James Madison and General Floyd. Freeman and Smith 2335 Access digital object: | ||||
15. Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803.
ALS to [Thomas] Jefferson | Sept. 18, 1792 | 2p. | ||
Letter of transmittal accompanying vocabulary no. 16, with brief comments on the Nanticokes. Freeman and Smith 2365 | ||||
16. Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803.
Vocabulary of the Nanticoke Indians | Sept. 18, 1792 | 2p. | ||
Submitted on Jefferson's printed vocabulary form. Oversized. Freeman and Smith 2366 Access digital object: | ||||
17. Vocabulary of the Delaware Indians | Dec. 1792 | 1p. | ||
Submitted on Jefferson's printed vocabulary form. Freeman and Smith 1190 Access digital object: | ||||
18. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Vocabulary [broadside] | ca.1792 | 1p. | ||
Blank version of Jefferson's printed vocabulary form. Form intended to be filled in with the Indian language equivalents for 280 commonly used English words. One copy is blank, and the remaining two have been filled in with the vocabularies of the Delaware and Nanticoke Indians (the latter was completed by William V. Murray). Jefferson was an ardent collector of Indian vocabularies which he believed would shed light on the ultimate origins of American Indians. Other Descriptive Information: Freeman and Smith 2051. Goodman 276 Access digital object: | ||||
19. J[ohn G. E.] H[eckewelder].
Mahicanni [Mohegan] words taken down from the mouth of one of that nation who had been born in Connecticut | 8p. | |||
Freeman and Smith 2077 Access digital object: | ||||
20. J[ohn G. E.] H[eckewelder].
Vocabulary of the Shawanese [i.e. Miami] language | ||||
"Taken down by means of a White Woman who had been 20 Years a Prisoner with that Nation." Despite the identification, the language is Miami, not Shawnee. Freeman and Smith 3670 | ||||
21, 22b. Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823.
Comparative vocabulary of the Delaware, Minsi, Mohicon, Natick, Chippeway, Shawanoe [i.e. Miami], and Nanticoke languages | 6p. | |||
See also Heckewelder to Du Ponceau, July 14, 1828. Freeman and Smith 349 | ||||
22, 22a. Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823.
Comparative vocabulary of the Lenni Lenape, Mahicanni, Nanticoke, Shawano, Natick, Chippuwa and Algonquin languages | 3p. | |||
Freeman and Smith 350 | ||||
23. Murray, Dr..
A vocabulary of the Osage language | [communicated] Oct. 23, 1818 | 5p. | ||
Communicated by John C. Warren from Murray, "who resides at Louisville." Freeman and Smith 2611 | ||||
24. Barbour, James, 1775-1842.
[Circular requesting that Indian languages of the U.S. be recorded and sent to the War Department] | 1p. | |||
Freeman and Smith 1973. Duplicate in Broadside Collection, no. 112. | ||||
25. C[onstantine] S. Rafinesque.
Vocabulary of the extinct Haytian or Taino language | 3p. | |||
Comparing Taino to Old World language (berber, Cantabrian, Celtic, Coptic, etc. Freeman and Smith 3708 | ||||
26. C[onstantine] S. Rafinesque.
Vocabulary of the Chontal language and its dialects s reading from Guatimala to Panama & Darien | Sept. 1826 | 7p. | ||
Includes some commentary on comparative linguistics of indigenous languages of Guatemala. Freeman and Smith 746 | ||||
27. Izard, George, 1777-1828.
ALS to Robert Walsh | March 21, 1825 | 1p. | ||
Offers services in collecting languages in Arkansas. Freeman and Smith 3095 | ||||
28. Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840.
ALS to George Izard | May 7, 1825 | 1p. | ||
Freeman and Smith 3097 | ||||
29, 30. American Philosophical Society.
Report of committee to which George Izard's letter requesting data to guide his inquiries in Arkansas was referred, with notes for his guidance | May 6, 1825 | 7p., 9p. | ||
Freeman and Smith 3092 Access digital object: | ||||
31. Izard, George, 1777-1828.
ALS to the American Philosophical Society | Jan. 10, 1827 | 5p. | ||
Transmitting Quapaw vocabulary, with comments on mode of collection, and transmits specimens of a "water witch" and tarantulas. Freeman and Smith 3094 | ||||
32. American Philosophical Society.
Report of committee to which was referred the communications of George Izard on the Arkansas territory and a vocabulary of the Quapaw language | [Jan. 18, 1828] | 1p. | ||
Freeman and Smith 3093 | ||||
33. Izard, George, 1777-1828.
Notes respecting the Arkansas territory's aboriginal inhabitants, the Quapaw Indians | [Jan. 10 1827] | 7p. | ||
Freeman and Smith 3096 | ||||
34. Izard, George, 1777-1828.
Vocabulary of the Quapaw Indians | [Jan. 10, 1827] | 6p. | ||
Freeman and Smith 3099 | ||||
35. Bromley, Walter, 1775?-1838.
ALS Cy to Thomas Wistar | April 26, 1819 | 3p. | ||
Comparing Micmac and Delaware from resident of Halifax. Freeman and Smith 2238 | ||||
36. Bromley, Walter, 1775?-1838.
A few specimens of the verbs of the Micmac Indians | [April 26, 1819] | 8p. | ||
37. Campanius Holm, Johan, 1601-1683.
A vocabulary of the language of the Delawares of New Sweden, translated by Peter S. Du Ponceau | 4p. | |||
38. Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844.
A vocabulary of the language of the Massachusetts Indians... extracted from Eliot's grammar and from his translation of the Bible and New Testament | 2p. | |||
Regarding efforts to learn Cherokee; recommending Daniel Butrick. | ||||
39. John Gambold.
ALS to Peter S. Du Ponceau | July 20, 1818 | 3p. | ||
Complaining of white harassment of Cherokees to remove. | ||||
40. John Gambold.
ALS to Peter S. Du Ponceau | Dec. 16, 1818 | 3p. | ||
41. Dan[iel] S. Butrick.
Conjugation of a verb in the Cherokee language | [Oct. 29, 1818] | 4p. | ||
42. Dan[iel] S. Butrick.
Remarks on the verbs of the Cherokee language; Sounds of the Cherokee | 2p. | |||
43. Robert, Vicar general of Quebec.
ALS to Peter S. Du Ponceau | Aug. 8, 1818 | 3p. | ||
Relaying information on contacts for Catholic missionaries among the Iroquois, Algonkian, Abnakis, and Micmac of Lower Canada. | ||||
44. Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815.
Queries concerning the northern Indians | March 31, 1797 | 2p. | ||
45. Gottlob Senseman.
Answers to Dr. Benjamin Smith Bartton's queries concerning the northern Indians, for David Zeisberger | [ca.1797] | 3p. | ||
46. Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808.
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823.
Answers to Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton's queries on the Northern Indians | 1797-1798 | 7p. | ||
47. R[ichard] Kells.
ALS to William Short | May 25, 1784 | 1p. | ||
Has engaged Mr. Gurley, a clergyman, to collect vocabulary for Jefferson among the Nottoway. | ||||
48. Gurley, George.
ALS to Rich[ar]d Kells | May 15, 1784 | 1p. | ||
49. Gurley, George.
Remarks on Indian names still to be found | [May 25, 1784] | 2p. | ||
Etymology of "Tuckahoe" and other Nottoway rods, tracing them to Arabic and Hebrew roots. |