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Box 38

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Contains 7 Results:

Iroquois

 File — Box: 38, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1270
Scope and Contents

Autograph Manuscript "History of the Iroquois" by John Gilmary Shea in his hand. Also, 3 autograph letters from Isabel Shea to Mr. Harper

Dates: 1600 - 1892; Majority of material found within 1700 - 1890
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / John Gilmary Shea Papers / Native American Linguistics and History

Iroquois, 1707 - 1884

 File — Box: 38, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1270
Scope and Contents

Handwritten Iroquois line of descent. Manuscript copy of "Some Communications of Christianity Put into a Tongue Used Among the Iroquois Indians." Letters regarding the Iroquois language

Dates: 1707 - 1884
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / John Gilmary Shea Papers / Native American Linguistics and History

Iroquois, 1648

 File — Box: 38, Folder: 3
Identifier: 1270
Scope and Contents

Autograph Manuscript: "Life of Father [Isaac] Jogues"

Dates: 1648
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / John Gilmary Shea Papers / Native American Linguistics and History

Mohawk

 File — Box: 38, Folder: 4
Identifier: 1270
Scope and Contents

Autograph Jesuit Manuscript (c. 18th century) regarding Mohawk language. Also, Autograph Manuscript beginning of a Mohawk dictionary.

Dates: 1600 - 1892; Majority of material found within 1700 - 1890
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / John Gilmary Shea Papers / Native American Linguistics and History

Mohawk

 File — Box: 38, Folder: 5
Identifier: 1270
Scope and Contents

Partly printed document: Mohawk words from a French missionary source

Dates: 1600 - 1892; Majority of material found within 1700 - 1890
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / John Gilmary Shea Papers / Native American Linguistics and History

Oneida, 1789 - 1790

 File — Box: 38, Folder: 6
Identifier: 1270
Scope and Contents

Account of the Oneida tribe in hand of John Gilmary Shea

Dates: 1789 - 1790
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / John Gilmary Shea Papers / Native American Linguistics and History

Onondaga, 1859

 File — Box: 38, Folder: 7
Identifier: 1270
Scope and Contents

Autograph Manuscript copied from original manuscript in Mazarin Library at Paris. Made under supervision of Rev. Felix Martin, S.J. publihsed by Shea in 1859

Dates: 1859
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts / John Gilmary Shea Papers / Native American Linguistics and History