National Anthropological Archives

MS 4164 Photostat copies of letters from John Walker to Edmund Jennings

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4164
Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Walker, John
Jennings, Edmund
Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938
Bushnell, David I., Jr. (David Ives), 1875-1941
Dates:
undated
Languages:
In "A Newly Discovered Southeastern Indian Dialect," abstract of a paper read before the ASW [1928], NAA Manuscript Number 4821 (part), Swanton identifies the
Tawasa
vocabulary as a
Timuquanan
dialect, intermediate between
Timucua
and
Creek
.
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Contents: Letter of John Walker [to Edmund Jennings] concerning Lamhatty, a Tawasa Indian refugee, enclosing a vocabulary obtained from him. January 16, 1707/8. Photostat copy of Autograph letter signed and A. enclosure in Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia. 2 pages. Letter of John Walker [to Edmund Jennings] concerning military commissions. June 12, 1707. Photostat copy of Autograph letter signed in Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia. 1 page. Letter of Fairfax Harrison to D. I. Bushnell, Jr. enclosing transcripts of these two letters and a brief biographical note on John Walker. August 10, 1928. Typescript letter signed. 1 page. Enclosures: Typescript Document with A. notations. 3 pages.

Administration

Custodial History
Previously titled "Letters."

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4164, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4164


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
U. S. Army -- military commissions Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tawasa Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southern states Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lamhatty Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Walker, John Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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