The morning and evening prayer, the litany, church catechism, family prayers, and several chapters of the Old and New-Testament, /
translated into the Mahaque Indian language, by Lawrence Claesse, interpreter to William Andrews, missionary to the Indians, from the Honourable and Reverend the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. ; [Two lines from Psalms].
Description
- Language(s)
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Mohawk
- Published
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[New York] : Printed by William Bradford in New-York, 1715.
- Note
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"This first edition is entirely in the Mohawk Indian language, except the English title, and the headings to the prayers. The translation by Lawrence Claesse, was based upon the translation in manuscript of Rev. Bernardus Freeman, which had been placed freely in the hands of the Rev. William Andrews by the Propagation Society for this use."--Evans, C. American bibliography.
Title pages in English and Mohawk.
- Physical Description
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[4], 40, 21, 41-115, [1] pages ;
20 cm
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