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Box 1

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Contains 1 Result:

Manuscript notebook written by Edwin James, and two holograph letters from George R. Howell (N.Y. State Library) to J. Hammond Trumbull, regarding the E. James notebook, 1823-1879

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

The manuscript notebook of Edwin James (1797-1861) may contain vocabulary and phrases in Ojibwe, Menominee, Sioux-Lakota, Winnebago, Minsi, Penobscot, and Norridgewock.

Besides photocopies of the Edwin James notebook and two letters by George Howell, Folder 5 also contains a 1984 exhibit catalogue entitled "Middlebury's Edwin James and James's America."

Dates: 1823-1879