Letter : Oka, [Quebec], to Rev. Albert Osborn, Buffalo, New York, 1888 Jan 4.

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Letter : Oka, [Quebec], to Rev. Albert Osborn, Buffalo, New York, 1888 Jan 4.

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ALS, in French, written by Jean André Cuoq to Reverend Albert Osborn of Buffalo, New York. The note explains how many of Cuoq's linguistic studies were lost in an 1877 fire that occurred at the premises of his printer, J. Chapleau & fils. Cuoq advises Osborn about which Montréal dealers stock Cuoq's remaining Algonquin and Iroquois linguistic works, and estimates the selling price of these publications. The note mentions that Cuoq intends to enclose his message with a sample of his work.

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Cuoq, J. A. (Jean André), 1821-1898.

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Father Jean André Cuoq, priest, missionary, author and linguist, was born in France in 1866. He entered the Sulpician order in 1843, and was ordained in Paris in 1845. In 1846, he became a missionary to the Indians at the Lake of Two Mountains near the town of Oka in the Canadian province of Québec. He acquired knowledge of local Iroquois and Algonquin dialects and supervised the publication of several religious pamphlets prepared in Algonquin as well as the publication of an Iroquois dictiona...

J. Chapleau & fils.

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Osborn, Albert, 1849-

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