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A short vocabulary in the language of the Seneca nation, and in English = Ung-eish-neut Teu-au-geh neh-huh yoh-weh-neut-dah Eng-lish

Catalog Data

Supposed author:
Kilham, Hannah 1774-1832  Search this
Former owner:
Siebert, Frank T (Frank Thomas) 1912-1998 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
v, 6-35, [1] pages 21 cm
Type:
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Glossaires, vocabulaires, etc
Date:
1818
Notes:
Doubtfully attributed by some libraries to the West African missionary Hannah Kilham
Publisher's advertisement on final p
Sabin 80704
SCNHRB copy 39088008980450 is "one of two ... salvaged by Pilling from a fire at Wellesley College", according to the Siebert sale catalog.
The third letter in "Teu-au-geh" in the title appears to have been corrected in ink in a contemporary hand (this is also true for the same word used in the title advertised on the final p.).
Provenance: From the Frank T. Siebert library sale, lot 506, Sotheby's, New York, 5/24/1999.
Original gray-green printed wrappers; in archival envelope for preservation.
Topic:
English language  Search this
Seneca language  Search this
Seneca (Langue)  Search this
Call number:
PM2296 .S46 1818
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_562092