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Title:Cherokee materials, John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder letters to Peter Stephen Du Ponceau 
Contributor:Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
Butrick, D. S. (Daniel Sabin), 1789-1847
Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823
Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823
Date:September 3, 1818; March 4, 1820
Description: Concerning the Indian. Mentions visit of Correia da Serra; quotes letter received from Mrs. Gambold (July 20, 1818) replying to letter from Heckewelder. Gambold had supplied data to B. S. Barton. Suggests Du Ponceau write Butrick at Brainerd Station. Gives an example of Indian's friendship from his travels of 1777 (manuscript). Forwards manuscript materials on Indian languages, including: Remarks on the Swedish Lenape; Mohawk dictionary, probably of Pyrlaeus, from Moravian archives [Mahicanni manuscript not included]. Regarding Butrick and Brown Cherokee spelling book--can't comprehend alphabet used as he had in 1773 taken Cherokee in standard alphabet. Only Iroquois and Wyandot are difficult.
Extent:2 letters
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9603
Language:English
Language (ISO639):eng
Subject:Cherokee
Linguistics
Type:Correspondence
Type (DCMI):Text

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Citation: Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815; Butrick, D. S. (Daniel Sabin), 1789-1847; Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823; Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844; Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823. September 3, 1818; March 4, 1820. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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