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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:	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

6	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

7	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

8	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

9	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

10	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

11	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

12	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

13	Author:	Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Indian vocabularies, 1820-1844
	Dates:	1820-1844
	Abstract:	This portion of the Peter Stephen Du Ponceau Collection relates to his collection of Native American languages. As a leading linguist of the era, the Du Ponceau collection has three portions that reflect his interest in linguistics. The first is a large volume of 73 Indian languages for both South and North American Indians (497 In2), which is what this entry refers to. The second is a nine volume set of notes on philology that focuses on Native American languages but includes notes on range of other language groups, such as the language of Polynesians and Greeks (410 D92). The notes also make numerous observations about Native American customs, practices, and beliefs. The third portion of linguistic material is a dictionary of terms relating to the sea and seafaring (359.03 D92). View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.In2
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Courts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia County. \| Indians of North America -- Languages \| Indians of South America -- Languages

14	Author:	James, Edwin,1797-1861.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Conjugation of the verb "to hear" in its various forms in the Chippeway language, [ca. 1833]
	Dates:	Circa 1833
	Abstract:	This bound volume, given to the APS in 1839, contains the conjugation of the Chippeway word "to hear." Compiled by of Edwin James, the volume also contains notes by Peter Du Ponceau. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.J23
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Anishinaabe \| Indians of North America -- Languages \| Ojibwa language

15	Author:	Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Comparative vocabularies of several Indian languages, 1802-1808
	Dates:	1802-1808
	Abstract:	Presented to the APS by Thomas Jefferson in 1817, this volume contains Jefferson's compilation of Indian Vocabularies. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.J35
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	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 \| Mahican language \| Miami language (Ind. and Okla.) \| Munsee language \| Nanticoke language \| Oneida language \| Onondaga language \| Ottawa language \| Shawnee language \| Tuscarora language \| Unami jargon \| Unquachog language

16	Author:	American Philosophical Society. Historical & Literary Committee	Requires cookie*
	Title:	American Philosophical Society Historical and Literary Committee, American Indian Vocabulary Collection
	Dates:	1784-1828
	Abstract:	These three volumes contain APS's correspondence and records relating to Native American languages. MOLE contains a detailed inventory of the collection. The first volume contains extensive correspondence on Native American languages, some of which is addressed to Thomas Jefferson. Much of this material is from the early to mid nineteenth centutry. The second volume contains Thomas Jefferson's printed form that he sent out to individuals asking for Native American language information. The third volume contains photostats of a dictionary of the Miami language. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.497.V85
	Extent:	0.25 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Atacapas language \| Cherokee language \| Chickasaw language \| Chippewa language \| Choctaw language \| Chontal language \| Creek language \| Delaware language \| Indians of North America -- Languages \| Linguistics \| Massachusett language \| Miami language (Ind. and Okla.) \| Micmac language \| Mohegan language \| Munsee language \| Nanticoke language \| Osage language \| Quapaw language \| Taino language \| Unquachog language

17	Author:	Reeland, Adriaan, 1676-1718	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Vocabularia variarum linguarum Americanarum, 1822
	Dates:	1822
	Abstract:	Peter Du Ponceau made this copy of Adriaan Reland's Dictionary in 1822. Reland made his dictionary in 1708. It contains the vocabularies of various Native American languages. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.498.R27
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Language and Linguistics \| Native America
	Genre:	Language Material \| Native American Materials
	Subjects:	Algonquin language \| Arawak language \| Carib language \| Indians of North America -- Languages \| Indians of South America -- Languages \| Mapuche language \| Massachusett language \| Nahuatl language \| Pokomam language \| Quechua language \| Wyandot language

18	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

19	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.

20	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

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