During the first third of the 19th century, the APS acquired a large number of books and manuscripts in non-western languages, thanks to Peter Stephen Duponceau's philological and comparative linguistic interests. One of his correspondents, John P. Brown (APS 1856), donated a series of books in Turkish and Arabic.
These two manuscripts were among those donated by Brown in 1836 as examples of the Turkish language and writing system. Associated with the Ottoman Department of State, one volume is entitled "Inscha, or Turkish Letter Writer" and contains forms of business letters; the other is docketed as "Turjiman Nameh," or the "Turkish Interpreter's Assistant. Forms of letters."
During the first third of the 19th century, the APS acquired a large number of books and manuscripts in non-western languages, thanks to Peter Stephen Duponceau's philological and comparative linguistic interests. One of his correspondents, John P. Brown (APS 1856), donated a series of books in Turkish and Arabic.
These two manuscripts were among those donated by Brown in 1836 as examples of the Turkish language and writing system. Associated with the Ottoman Department of State, one volume is entitled "Inscha, or Turkish Letter Writer" and contains forms of business letters; the other is docketed as "Turjiman Nameh," or the "Turkish Interpreter's Assistant. Forms of letters."
Provenance
Gift of John P. Brown, 1836.
Preferred citation
Cite as: Turkish Manuscripts, American Philosophical Society.
Processing information
Recatalogued 2003.
General physical description
2 vols.
Early American History Note
These Turkish manuscripts reflect Stephen DuPonceau's attempt to acquire a wide-array of language materials for the APS's archives in the early 19th century
Genre(s)
- Foreign Language
- Handbooks
- Language Material
Personal Name(s)
- Anonymous
- Brown, John P.
Subject(s)
- Beyond Early America
- Language and Linguistics
- Letter-writing, Turkish
- Turkey--Politics and government
- Turkish language