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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4377 Typed copy of Zeisberger's Onondaga Dictionary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4377
- Creators:
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Hayward, William Stone, 1839-1927Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808
- Dates:
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1887 ?
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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303 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
In modern spelling, by Reverend Hayward.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
The first page includes the following note: "This is written from Latin, French, and English manuscript which fell into my hands while up North in Franklin County, N. Y. said to be the work of the Reverend Eleasar Williams the Missionary to the Oneidas. Mr Fulton (storekeeper in Hogansburg, N. Y. back in the 1870's) said it looked like Reverend Mr Williams' handwriting. Reverend Mr Williams died at Hogansburg, N. Y."/(August 28, 1958) Reverend Hayward borrowed Zeisberger's Dictionary of Wellesley College Library.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4377, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4377
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Iroquois | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Onondaga | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Northeast | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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