National Anthropological Archives

MS 100 Navajo Vocabulary by General William D. Whipple, stationed at Fort Defiance, New Mexico

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS100
Creators:
Whipple, William D. (William Denison), 1826-1902
Dates:
ca. 1850's
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
3 Pages
Repository:

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Letter of transmittal to George Gibbs from General George H. Thomas, Louisville, Kentucky, March 5, 1868 (filled with Manuscript Number 1107) gives the date of recording as "several years before our late war."

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm on file. 3/1971.
Custodial History
Vocabulary received from General George H. Thomas, Louisville, Kentucky, with a letter of transmittal to George Gibbs, dated March 5, 1868, and Yuma-Cuchan vocabulary (Manuscript Number 1107). (Letter of transmittal filed with the Manuscript Number 1107.)

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 100, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 100

Local Note

Local Note
Title page is in handwriting of A.S. Gatschet. VOcabulary is on letterhead of Office of Assistant Adjutant General, Louisville, Kentucky.
Local Note
Listed in Pilling, Bureau of American Ethnology-B 14, page 108.
Local Note
manuscript document


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