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1	Author:	Ord, George, 1781-1866	Requires cookie*
	Title:	George Ord notes, [n.d.], on the use of French verbs
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	These two volumes contain transcriptions and notes in French and were used by Ord to help with his French language skills. One volume contains instructions on using French verbs. The examples used include excerpts from Voltaire and Rousseau. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.445.Or2
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics
	Genre:	Language Material
	Subjects:	French language

2	Author:	Buxtorf, Johann, 1564-1629	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Hebrew grammar
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	This large volume, written in 1824, contains a guide to Hebrew grammar. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.492.4.B98th
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Religion
	Genre:	Language Material
	Subjects:	Hebrew language

3	Author:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Vocabulaire Chacta
	Dates:	1820
	Abstract:	This volume contains Choctaw words with French equivalents. Acquired by Peter Du Ponceau in 1827, it is part of the APS's large collection of language materials from the early-nineteenth century. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.3.V852c
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Language Material
	Subjects:	Choctaw language -- Dictionaries -- French

4	Author:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	A vocabulary of the most common words in use among the Sac & Fox Indians, n.d.
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	This volume contains Sak and Fox words with their English equivalents. It likely dates to the nineteenth century. One of the more notable features of this collection is that it includes words for relatively recent inventions, such as the steam boat. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.F11
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Language Material
	Subjects:	Fox language \| Indians of North America -- Languages

5	Author:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Mandingo dictionary, [ca. 19th century]
	Dates:	Circa 19th century
	Abstract:	This volume contains Latin translations of what appears to be the Mandingo language and likely dates to the early-19th century. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.499.22.D56
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	African American \| Beyond Early America \| Language and Linguistics
	Genre:	Language Material
	Subjects:	Mandingo language

6	Author:	Roth, Johann Ferdinand,d. 1814	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Ein Versuch: der Geschichte unsers Herrn u. Heylandes Jesu Christi in dass Delawarische übersezt der Unami von der Marter Woche an bis zur Himmalfahrt unsers Herrn, 1770-1772
	Dates:	1770-1772
	Abstract:	This volume contains an account of Jesus' life that was translated into Delaware. Compiled by a Moravian missionary, the volume may lend insight into the proselytizing techniques of Moravian missionaries. MOLE contains an extended description of the volume and its background. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.232.9.R74
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America \| Religion
	Genre:	Language Material \| Manuscript Essays
	Subjects:	Bible stories, German. \| Missionaries.

7	Author:	Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Sea terms in different languages, [n.d.]
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	The Peter Stephen Du Ponceau Collection has a wide array of material. This entry refers to a dictionary of terms relating to the sea and seafaring (359.03 D92). This portion likely reflected both Du Ponceau's personal interest in linguistics and his career as a lawyer who specialized in international law and trade. This volume include terms from French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Danish. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.359.03.D92
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	International Trade. \| Law
	Genre:	Language Material \| Legal Records
	Subjects:	Language and languages \| Philology.

8	Author:	Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828	Requires cookie*
	Title:	A grammatical institute of the Latin language intended for the use of Latin schools in the United States
	Dates:	1794
	Abstract:	This volume consists of a handwritten draft of Caleb Alexander's A Grammatical Institute of the Latin Language Intended for the Use of Latin in Schools. Although this work does not relate to Alexander's better known missionary activities, this volume does give some insight into the public school movement in the early republic. After the American Revolution, state governments and individual reformers addressed public education with renewed vigor. This text is one of three Alexander wrote. He expected it to be assigned in public schools throughout the country. Its publisher, Isaiah Thomas gifted this volume to the APS. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.470.AL2
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education \| Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Language Material
	Subjects:	Education -- United States -- Curricula. \| Latin language -- Grammar -- 1800-1870 \| Latin language -- Study and teaching

9	Author:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Turkish Manuscripts
	Dates:	ca. 19th century
	Abstract:	These Turkish manuscripts reflect Stephen DuPonceau's attempt to acquire a wide-array of language materials for the APS's archives in the early 19th century View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.494.9.T84
	Extent:	2 volume(s)
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Language and Linguistics
	Genre:	Foreign Language \| Language Material
	Subjects:	Letter-writing, Turkish \| Turkey -- Politics and government \| Turkish language

10	Author:	Potier, Pierre-Philippe,1708-1	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Huron linguistic materials, 1743-1744
	Dates:	1743-1744
	Abstract:	Dating from the 1740s, this Huron-French dictionary contains more than just linguistic material. The volume also has data on the Huron, such as a description of a village and names of their leaders. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.2.P845
	Extent:	1 item
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Indians of North America -- Languages \| Wyandot Indians \| Wyandot language

11	Author:	Gardiner, Emma Jane	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Penobscot Indian vocabulary, 1821
	Dates:	1821
	Abstract:	This bound volume includes approximately twenty pages of Abenaki words and their English translations compiled by Emma Gardiner of Gardiner, Maine in 1821. Although the origins of this document are not clear, it is possible that Gardiner worked with Abenaki Indians to compile this list. The document contains the annotations and other notes of Peter Du Ponceau. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.3.G16
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Indians of North America -- Languages \| Penobscot language

12	Author:	unknown	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Indian-English dictionary, 1822
	Dates:	1822
	Abstract:	The Henry B. Kelso collection consists of a single, slender bound journal that contains Ojibwa-English translations of some words, the numerical system from one to ten used by Winnebago's, and records of Kelso births for 1823 and 1826. The journal was compiled in Green Bay, Wisconsin beginning in 1822. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.3.K295
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Anishinaabe \| Indians of North America -- Wisconsin -- Genealogy \| Ojibwa Indians \| Ojibwa language -- Dictionaries -- Polyglot \| Ojibwe people \| Winnebago language

13	Author:	Peirronet, Thomas	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Specimen of the Mountaineer, or Sheshatapooshshoish, Skoffie, and Micmac Languages, 1797
	Dates:	1797
	Abstract:	This slender volume is the notebook of Thomas Pierronet. This volume contains a range of material on Native American languages and cultures. It contains a comparative vocabulary of Micmac, Montagnais, and Nascapee Indians. It also has a record of prayers and pictographs of the Micmac. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.3.P61s
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Algonquin language \| Indians of North America -- Canada -- Languages -- Writing \| Indians of North America -- Languages \| Indians of North America -- Maritime Provinces \| Micmac Indians \| Micmac language -- Writing \| Montagnais language \| Naskapi language

14	Author:	Schmick, Joh. Jac. (Johann Jacob), 1714-1778	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Miscellanea linguae nationis Indicae Mahikan
	Dates:	Circa 1753-1767
	Abstract:	These two bound volumes contain a large dictionary of Mohican. The collection was the gift of John Heckwleder, suggesting that he may have used the books in his missionary efforts. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.3.Sch5
	Extent:	0.2 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Indians of North America -- Languages \| Linguistics \| Mahican language \| Mahican language -- Dictionaries -- German \| Moravians -- Missions

15	Author:	Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Names of various trees, shrubs, and plants in the language of the Lennape [sic], 1840
	Dates:	1840
	Abstract:	This volume contains a vocabulary of Indian words for natural items compiled by John Heckewelder . View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.3.W85
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Algonquian languages \| Algonquin language \| Cheroenhaka Indians \| Delaware language \| Indians of North America -- Languages \| Iroquoian languages

16	Author:	Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808	Requires cookie*
	Title:	A grammar of the language of the Lenni Lennape, or Delaware Indians, [1816]
	Dates:	Circa 1816
	Abstract:	This volume contains a translation done by Peter DuPonceau of David Zeisberger's grammar dictionary for the Lenni Lenape. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.3.Z3g
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America \| Religion
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Delaware language \| Indians of North America -- Languages

17	Author:	Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808	Requires cookie*
	Title:	On the prepositions of the Onondago language, [n.d.]
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	This small, bound notebook contains German equivalents for prepositions in the Onondago language. The manuscript appears to be in David Zeisberger's hand, with his name listed on the title page, although the cardboard cover bears the signature of Paul Zeisberger. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.3.Z3o
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America \| Religion
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Indians of North America -- Languages \| Onondaga language

18	Author:	Pyrlaeus, John Christopher,171	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Lexicon der Macquaischen Sprachen, [n.d.]
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	This volume contains a German-Mohawk dictionary that Moravian missionary John Pylareus compiled in the eighteenth century. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.33.P99
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America \| Religion
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Mohawk language

19	Author:	Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Onondago-German vocabulary, [n.d.]
	Dates:	n.d.
	Abstract:	This bound volume contains an Onondago to German vocabulary compiled by David Zeisberger, a prominent Moravian missionary. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.33.Z3o
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Indians of North America -- Languages \| Onondaga language

20	Author:	Unidentified	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Doctrina Christiana
	Dates:	Circa 1692
	Abstract:	This bound volume from the eighteenth century contains language and cultural material relating to the Cakchiquel. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.4.D65
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Beyond Early America \| Language and Linguistics \| Native America \| Religion
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Cakchikel language \| Mayan languages

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