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1Author:  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 
2Author:  Jackson, Halliday,1771-1835.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Halliday Jackson journals, 1805-1806     
 Dates:  1805-1806 
 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.631.631a 
 Extent:  1 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America -- Missions -- New York (State) | Seneca Indians -- Missions | Society of Friends -- Missions 
3Author:  Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895Requires cookie*
 Title:  Ely Samuel Parker Papers     
 Dates:  1794-1946 
 Abstract:  The Ely Parker Collection is a large and rich amalgamation of documents relating to the New York Seneca and to Ely Parker's own life.

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 Call #:  Mss.497.3.P223 
 Extent:  3.5 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Education | Government Affairs | Language and Linguistics | Law | Military History | Native America | Religion | Science and technology 
 Genre:  General Correspondence | Language Material | Manuscript Essays | Native American Materials | Official Government Documents and Records 
 Subjects:  Canals -- New York (State) | Engineers -- New York (State) | Freemasons -- New York (State) | Iroquois Indians | Ogden Land Company | Seneca Indians -- Missions | Seneca Indians -- New York (State) | Seneca Indians -- Religion | Seneca language | Society of Friends -- Relations with Indians | Tonawanda Indian Reservation (N.Y.)