Communications to the Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society, 1816-1821 1816-1821

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Communications to the Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society, 1816-1821 1816-1821

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This item includes notes, letters, and essays on the history, manners, and languages of the American Indians, sent to the Committee and to members of the American Philosophical Society. Contains answers to queries, historical material, Indian speeches, replies to letters of Peter S. Du Ponceau, references to the Lenni Lenape, Indian writing, translations of English into Indian languages.

1.0 Volume(s), 1 volume, 187 p.

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