MS 4238 J.P. Harrington replies to inquiries
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 4238
name: label: Collector
content: Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961
label: Correspondent
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Correspondent
content: Merrill, Robert Valentine, 1892-1951
label: Correspondent
content: Leveque, Ernest J.
label: Correspondent
content: Wright, C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad), 1869-1957
label: Correspondent
content: Ford, J. D. M. (Jeremiah Denis Matthias), 1873-1958
label: Correspondent
content: Launay, Jean L.
label: Correspondent
content: Briggs, William A.
topic: label: Topic
content: Names, place -- Potawatomi ?
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961
label: Correspondent
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Correspondent
content: Merrill, Robert Valentine, 1892-1951
label: Correspondent
content: Leveque, Ernest J.
label: Correspondent
content: Wright, C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad), 1869-1957
label: Correspondent
content: Ford, J. D. M. (Jeremiah Denis Matthias), 1873-1958
label: Correspondent
content: Launay, Jean L.
label: Correspondent
content: Briggs, William A.
culture: label: Culture
content: Potawatomi
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4238
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Concerns the origin of the word: Tassinong. The Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico gives it as "probably a Potawatomie place name." Replies from the following are cited: Truman Michelson, Robert V. Merrill (2), Ernest J. Leveque, C. H. C. Wright, J. D. M. Ford, Jean L. Launay, W. A. Briggs (Gary, Indiana), and J. P. Harrington.