National Anthropological Archives

MS 526 Letter to George Gibbs

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS526
Creators:
Furuhjelm, Johan Hampus, 1821-1909
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Dates:
December, 1860
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
12 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Letter discusses the several dialects of Northwestern America, and indicating the number of speakers; with appended list of Sitka (Tlingit) words. Also with the file is a clerk's copy of the letter only.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Hjalmar J. Furuhjeim was governor of Russian Colonies in America.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 526, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 526


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
American Indian -- Northwest Coast Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tlingit Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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