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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4069 Letters received by John R. Swanton
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4069
- Creators:
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Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958Semmes, Raphael, 1890-1952Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950Dalrymple, Edwin A., 1818-1881
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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7 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Received from Raphael Semmes, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, 1940, containing transcript of a Manuscript Pamunkey vocabulary in MHS, recorded by the Reverend Edwin A. Dalrymple in January, 1844; several annotated transcripts of same by Swanton; and Autograph Letter Signed to Swanton by Frank G. Speck, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 21, 1940 (1 page), stating that the numerals in the Dalrymple vocabulary are really "a counting-out rhyme used in a game."
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm on file: Reel 69.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4069, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4069
Local Note
Local Note
manuscript document
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Pamunkey | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Northeast | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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