National Anthropological Archives

MS 1784 Miscellaneous Papers Collected by W.N. Fenton

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS1784
Creators:
Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005
Blatchford, Samuel, 1767-1828
McIlwraith, T. F. (Thomas Forsyth), 1899-1964
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
22 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Contents: 1.) Dr Blatchford's address to the Oneida Indians, September 24, 1810. Typescript, 1 page and pencil Manuscript on reverse, 1 page. 2.) Superstitions and Traditions among the Six Nations of the Grand River: Canada/Thunder and Lightning. 2 page typescript written on back of Christmas Pastoral letter, C. of E., 1902, on same typewriter as Number 1. 3.) Unsigned letter in Mohawk script, with translation ["writer possibly Joseph Brant."--Fenton] 12 pages. 4.) Mohawk vocabulary (trees, animals, reptiles, birds). 5 page manuscript and 1 page typescript copy. 4 pages covering correspondence between McIlwraith and Fenton.

Administration

Custodial History
Originally received in the old Ontario Provincial Museum from Mrs Barefoot, 81 Medland Crecent [Toronto] and forwarded to the Bureau of American Ethnology by T. F. McIlwraith through W. N. Fenton.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 1784, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 1784


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Iroquois Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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