Repository: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections / Subject: Society of Friends -- Missions / People: Cornplanter, Seneca chief - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Repository Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Subject Society of Friends -- Missions People Cornplanter, Seneca chief

Extent:: 0.0625 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: Joel Swayne's diary entries describe his journey to the Seneca nation and the two years he spent there. Swayne provides detailed descriptions of Cornplanter (Gaiänt'wakê), the chief, his family, the village and villagers, cultural differences between the Quakers and the Senecas, the difficulty of the language barrier, and discussions between Quaker missionaries and Seneca members.

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Extent:: .15 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the handwritten correspondence and a handwritten copy of the manuscript "Some Account of my Journey Among the Seneca" by Halliday Jackson.

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