Notes, amendments, and additions to his account of the Indians, 1820

Mss.970.1.H35n

Date: 1820 | Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 38 p.
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Abstract

Six editorial corrections to Heckewelder, "Account of the history, manners, and customs of the Indian nations, who once inhabited Pennsylvania and the neighboring states, Transactions of the Historical and Literary Committee of the APS (1819) 1: 1-348; with page references, "in case a new Edition ever is made. Concerns religion, warfare, marriage and family life, childbirth, swimming, and fears. Never printed. Prepared for John Vaughan, but should be compared with Heckewelder's suggestions for revision in his correspondence with Du Ponceau.

Background note

John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder was a Moravian missionary to the Indians of Ohio.

Digital objects note

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Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 38 p.

Provenance

Presented by John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder and accessioned, 1820 (1820 5874).

General note

Heckewelder's "Account of the History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations..." was printed in the Transactions of the Historical & Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society (1819).

Early American History Note

This small document contains annotations, changes, and amendments that John Heckewelder hoped would be made to his "Account of the history, manners, and customs of the Indian nations, who once inhabited Pennsylvania and the neighboring states." The changes include additions to sections on religion, belief, and cultural practices.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Manuscript Essays

Subject(s)

  • Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania -- History
  • Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs
  • Lenape people
  • Pennsylvania History


Detailed Inventory

 Notes, amendments, and additions to his account of the Indians, 1820
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