Transactions of the Historical & Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society.
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English
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Philadelphia : Abraham Small, 1819-1843.
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CONTENTS.--vol. I. List of the officers and members of the historical committee. Constitution of the historical committee. Literary notice. Report of the committee to the [American] Philosophical Society. [Duponceau, P.S.] Corresponding secretary's report to the committee, on the languages of the American Indians. List of ms. donations to the committee, concerning the Indians and their languages. Heckewelder, J.G.E. An account of the history, manners, and customs, of the Indian nations, who once inhabited Pennsylvania and the neighbouring states. A correspondence between the Rev. John Heckewelder ... and Peter S. Duponceau ... respecting the languages of the American Indians. Heckewelder, J.G.E., comp. Words, phrases, and short dialogues, in the language of the Lenni Lenape, of Delaware Indians. 1819.--vol. II. Duponceau, P.S.A. dissertation on the nature and character of the Chinese system of writing ... to which are subjoined, A vocabulary of the Cochinchinese language, by Father Joseph Morrone ... and A. Cochinchinese and Latin dictionary ... 1838.
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(cont.) vol. III, pt. I. Breck, S. Historical sketch of continental paper money. Tyson, J.R. The social and intellectual state of the colony of Pennsylvania prior to the year 1743. Gilpin, H.D. Biographical notice of Edward Livingston. Coates, B.H. On the effects of secluded and gloomy imprisonment on individuals of the African variety of mankind, in the production of disease. 1843.
Imprint of v. 2: Philadelphia, Pub. for the American Philosophical Society, by MC̀arty and Davis; imprint of v. 3, pt. 1: Philadelphia, Carey and Hart.
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3 v. :
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22 cm.
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