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Title: 24. [Circular requesting that Indian languages of the U.S. be recorded and sent to the War Department]
Identifier(s): text:310676
Description: A form letter, describing enclosures (missing): a standard vocabulary, including words of Catherine the Great; a list of verb forms and sentences; and a list of tribes and languages arranged by Albert Gallatin. Recommends use of Pickering orthography.
Creator: Barbour, James, 1775-1842et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples--North America--Languages
Date: undated

Title: 01. List of vocabularies communicated by Jefferson, Heckewelder, and Murray
Identifier(s): text:310660
Creator: Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples--North America--Languages
Date: Undated

Title: 04: Benjamin Hawkins to Thomas Jefferson, July 12, 1800
Identifier(s): text:320331
Description: Concerning Indian languages and affairs at Creek agency. Encloses comparative vocabulary of Creek and Choctaw, with explanatory information in letter
Creator: Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples--North America--Languages; Choctaw language; Creek language
Date: 1800-07-12

Title: 01c: Endorsement
Identifier(s): text:310663
Description: In hand of John Vaughan: 'Indian vocabularies sent to A.P. Soc. By Thos. Jefferson.' October 1825.
Creator: Vaughan, John, 1756-1841et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples--North America--Languages; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Date: 1825-10

Title: 01b: Address sheet to Thomas Jefferson
Identifier(s): text:310662
Description: Note: 'papers which were lost in the trunk no. 28 found on the S. side of the river 3 or 4 miles above Manchester and returned to me by Mr. Jefferson July 2, 1809.'
Creator: Vaughan, John, 1756-1841et al
Subject: Indigenous peoples--North America--Languages; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Date: circa 1809