Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1892-1909.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Contributor:

Abbott, Charles C. (Charles Conrad), 1843-1919.

Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925.

Sparhawk, John.

Gordon, G. B. (George Byron), 1870-1927.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mercer, Henry C., 1856-1930.

Mercer, Henry C.

Physical Description:

21 items (24 leaves)

Contained In:

Henry Charles Lea Papers, ca. 1830-1935. Folder 1260.

Place of Publication:

1892-1909.

Summary:

Comprises items from Charles C. Abbott (1892-1893) regarding his fieldwork with H. C. Mercer collecting artifacts of the Delaware Indians. Also includes items from H. V. Hilprecht (1894-1906) and treasurer John Sparhawk (1898-1902) regarding excavations of cuneiform tablets in Nippur and Lea's contributions to the Babylonian Exploration Fund. One item from G. B. Gordon (1809) requests funding for an exhibition of North American Indian artifacts loaned by George G. Heye.