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1Author:  Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823Requires cookie*
 Title:  John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder letters and manuscripts, 1741-1822     
 Dates:  1741-1822 
 Abstract:  This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.Film.514 
 Extent:  1 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America -- Missions | Moravians. 
2Author:  Jackson, Halliday,1771-1835.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Some account of my journey to the Seneca Nation of Indians, and residence amongst that people, 1798-1799     
 Dates:  1798-1799 
 Abstract:  This manuscript, entitled "An account of my journey to the Seneca Nation of Indians, and residence amongst that people," was compiled by Halliday Jackson, a Quaker missionary, during his yearlong residence with the Seneca Nation in New York. Jackson's chronicle is well-written, detailed, and often fascinating. It includes descriptions of daily life, weather, customs, and minutes of councils. A similar version was edited by Anthony F.C. Wallace and published in Pennsylvania History in 1952.

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 Call #:  Mss.970.3.J25 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Native America 
 Genre:  Travel Narratives and Journals 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America -- Missions | Seneca Indians -- Missions | Society of Friends -- Missions 
3Author:  Brainerd, David, 1718-1747Requires cookie*
 Title:  David Brainerd diary, July 14, 1745 - November 20, 1745     
 Dates:  1745 
 Abstract:  This journal from 1745 recounts David Brainerd's time in western Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The vast majority of the journal depicts Brainerd's time in the Upper Susquehanna River Valley. Brainerd's journals and autobiography were published after his death. They were used as tracts to promote missionary efforts to Native Americans. Historians have determined that these published accounts were largely written by Brainerd and Jonathan Edwards in 1747 before Brainerd died of tuberculosis. They hoped to edit Brainerd's actual journals to make his efforts sound like a greater success, thus spurring others to follow in his footsteps. The APS journal is an original journal that differs from the one published by Jonathan Edwards.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.B74j 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Native America | Religion | Travel 
 Genre:  Diaries | Travel Narratives and Journals 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America -- Missions | Indians of North America -- New Jersey | Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania | Missionaries 
4Author:  United Church Board for World Ministries.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Papers,1817-1883, relating to North American Indian missions     
 Dates:  1817-1883 
 Abstract:  This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

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 Call #:  Mss.Film.1223 
 Extent:  64 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Abenaki Indians | Anishinaabe | Cherokee Indians | Chickasaw Indians | Choctaw Indians | Creek Indians | Dakota Indians | Indians of North America -- Missions | Ojibwa Indians | Ojibwe people | Osage Indians | Pawnee Indians | Penobscot Indians | Stockbridge Indians