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[An account of the history, manners, and customs, of the Indian nations, who once inhabited Pennsylvania and the neighbouring states by John Heckewelder]

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA E 78 .P4 H449 1819
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823.
Contributor:
Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844.
Potts, William John, 1842-1895.
American Philosophical Society. Historical & Literary Committee.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Indians of North America--Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America.
Delaware Indians.
Indians of North America--Languages.
Delaware language--Dictionaries--English.
Delaware language.
American Philosophical Society. Historical & Literary Committee.
American Philosophical Society.
Physical Description:
p. [iii]-l, [3]-464 ; 24 cm.
Contained In:
Transactions of the Historical & Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 1, no. 1-3 (1819), p. [iii]-l, [3]-464
Other Title:
Indian nations
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Abraham Small, 1819.
Contents:
1. List of the officers and members of the Historical Committee
2. Constitution of the Historical Committee
3. Literary notice
4. Report of the Committee to the Philosophical Society
5. Corresponding secretary's report to the Committee, on the languages of the American Indians
5. List of ms. donations to the Committee, concerning the Indians and their languages
No. 1. An account of the history, manners, and customs, of the Indian nations, who once inhabited Pennsylvania and the neighbouring states / by John Heckewelder
No. 2. A correspondence between the Rev. John Heckewelder ... and Peter S. Duponceau ... respecting the languages of the American Indians
No. 3. Words, pharses, and short dialogues, in the language of the Lenni Lenape, or Delaware Indians / by John Heckewelder.
Notes:
Title provided.
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Notes:
Library copy contains tipped-in letter from William John Potts.
Library copy contains tipped-in notes on Indian languages.
Contains:
A correspondence between the Rev. John Heckewelder ... and Peter S. Duponceau ... respecting the languages of the American Indians.
Words, pharses, and short dialogues, in the language of the Lenni Lenape, or Delaware Indians.
OCLC:
57238673

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