Samuel Kirkland Papers
Collection
Identifier: yhm-arc-0000-190
Content Description
Correspondence, diaries, fragment of an autobiography (1764-65), and census of Six Nations (1789). Some of the letters are in the Oneida and Mohawk languages. Correspondents include James Bowdoin, Joseph Brant, Israel Chapin, Henry Knox, Andrew Oliver, Timothy Pickering, Philip Schuyler, ... Peter Thatcher, the Rev. Stephen West, Eleazer Wheelock, Edward Wigglesworth, and Joseph Willard. Also S. Kirkland Correspondence: Miscellaneous, Fragmentary, and Undated; Lothrop-Pickering Papers (Papers of S. Kirkland deposited in the Library by Thornton K. Lothrop); Sermons and other documents; Letters in the Iroquois language (dated and undated)
Dates
- 1763 - 1808
Creator
- Kirkland, Samuel (Person)
Extent
6 Linear Feet
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Oneida Indians Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- manuscripts (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Creator
- Kirkland, Samuel (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Hamilton College Archives Repository
