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Letters Washington, D.C., 1850-1856

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Title Letters Washington, D.C., 1850-1856

Creator Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864

Date 1850-1856

Subjects Ethnologists, Indians of North America

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
formerly known as Ayer MS 793-794.

Summary Three letters, to Interior Dept. chief clerk D.C. Goddard (May 25, 1850), New York journalist and anthologist Rufus Wilmot Griswold (Feb. 23, 1855), and Maine physician Augustus Choate Hamlin (Mar. 27, 1856), concerning a recommendation, progress on and Congressional support for Schoolcraft's multi-volume work on U.S. Indian tribes, Hamlin's investigation of Scandinavian and Indian inscriptions for the work, and the republication of an 1821 poem by Schoolcraft.

Biographical/Historical Note Ethnologist, explorer, Indian agent, and author of works on his explorations and on the North American Indian, including the six-volume Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States (1851-1857)

Extent 3 items (2 folders) ; 26 cm or smaller

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 792

BibID 147479

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2513px × 3088px 22.22 MB

File Created 09/06/2023

Filename 991474798805867_Ayer_MS_792_fol_001_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11ON3Z

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