MS 4069 Letters received by John R. Swanton
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 4069
label: Local Note
content: manuscript document
name: label: Collector
content: Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
label: Correspondent
content: Semmes, Raphael, 1890-1952
label: Correspondent
content: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
label: Creator
content: Dalrymple, Edwin A., 1818-1881
topic: label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
label: Correspondent
content: Semmes, Raphael, 1890-1952
label: Correspondent
content: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
label: Creator
content: Dalrymple, Edwin A., 1818-1881
culture: label: Culture
content: Pamunkey
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4069
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Negative microfilm on file: Reel 69.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Received from Raphael Semmes, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, 1940, containing transcript of a Manuscript Pamunkey vocabulary in MHS, recorded by the Reverend Edwin A. Dalrymple in January, 1844; several annotated transcripts of same by Swanton; and Autograph Letter Signed to Swanton by Frank G. Speck, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 21, 1940 (1 page), stating that the numerals in the Dalrymple vocabulary are really "a counting-out rhyme used in a game."