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National Anthropological Archives
MS 665 Grammar of the Choctaw language
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS665
- Creators:
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Byington, Cyrus, 1793-1868
- Dates:
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1865
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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288 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
There appear to be several revisions of an original designed to have nine chapters. For full description, see Pilling's Muskogean bibliography (Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 9, page 16). Dr. Brinton published a brief summary of this work in 1870.
Administration
Existence and Location of Originals
American Philosophical Library Philadelphia, Pennsylvania unspecified portions
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 665, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 665
Bibliography
Bibliography
Swanton, Bulletin 46, Introduction, states that Byington's grammar of the Choctaw language was published in Philadelphia, 1871, in Proc. of the American Philosophical Society, Volume II, pages 317-367. D.G. Brinton edited it.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Choctaw | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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