Indian Dictionary, ca. 1685.

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Indian Dictionary, ca. 1685.

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A dictionary of an Algonquian language compiled by the Rev. Samuel Danforth of Taunton, Mass., probably from John Eliot's Indian Bible. Only words from O to Z survive in this ms. Bound in with the dictionary is a letter from Mrs. Eliza Howard, great-granddaughter of Danforth, to Jeremy Belknap, founder of the Massachusetts Historical Society, discussing the dictionary.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Eliot, John, 1604-1690

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John Eliot, styled "the Indian Apostle," was born in England, emigrated to the U.S. (Boston) in 1631 and died at Roxbury, Mass. He was the translator of the first Bible into the Indian (N.A.) language; known as Eliot's Indian Bible. From the description of Autograph signature to covenant, 1624 Jan. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615429 Clergyman and missionary. From the description of John Eliot letter, 1673. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010036 ...

Howard, Elizabeth, 1907-

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Elizabeth Howard Mizner was born on August 24, 1907 on Detroit Michigan. She was the author of historical children's novels. She died in January 1992. From the guide to the Elizabeth Howard literary manuscripts, 1957-1972, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) Epithet: wife of Thomas, Earl of Surrey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x0000d8 Eliz...

Danforth, Samuel, 1666-1727

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Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798

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Jeremy Belknap was born in Boston on June 4, 1744. He received an AB from Harvard in 1762 and an AM in 1765. He became the minister of the First Congregational Church of Dover, New Hampshire in 1767, and later served as the minister of the Church in Long Lane, Boston. As a historian, Belknap published the History of New Hampshire and American Biography. His work on American Biography encouraged an interest in Harvard's history, and he explained in a letter two months before his de...