Manuscript notebook 1813-1845, 1813-1836 (bulk) / Thomas Roberts.

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Manuscript notebook 1813-1845, 1813-1836 (bulk) / Thomas Roberts.

Manuscript notebook in Hebrew and English. Content consists largely of an elementary grammar and dictionary of Biblical Hebrew, including Hebrew words for entries suggesting Cherokee culture (such as quiver, bow, buffalo, and red blood man.) An assortment of notes laid-in, mostly for use in catechism but also including receipts for books, an iron stove, groceries and various household articles dated from 1828-1845. Records a wedding celebrated by Roberts in Valley Towns on August 10, 1822. Two separate registers of marriages bound-in performed both prior to his departure for North Carolina and others subsepuent to his return to Middletown, PA around 1824.

1 v ; 20 cm.

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Roberts, Thomas, 1783-1865

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No biographical administration was available regarding Thomas Roberts, coal merchant of Pen-y-groes, Caernarfonshire at time of compilation of description. From the guide to the Thomas Roberts, Coal Merchant Account Book, 1879-1891, (Bangor University) Epithet: Captain; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x0003d6 Epithet: of the Woodwardian Museum British Library Archives...