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[Devotional work. Mohawk] [textual record]

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Date:

n.d.

Reference:

R18821-0-8-E, LMS-0066

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3721171

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[Devotional work. Mohawk]
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Date(s):

n.d.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

174 p., bound.
2 cm of textual records : photocopies

Language of material:

Mohawk

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Item is a holograph text, possibly dating from the nineteenth century, written in Mohowk. Includes minutes of a Seven Nations' Council meeting Feb. 9, 1788, concerning a renewal of friendship with the English (p. 85-89). It has been used to record family birth, baptism, confirmation, marriage and death dates on pp. [i-ii], 89, 128, 175. Some pages are missing, some are blank. The book is leather-bound and contains 174 pages of hand-numbered lined pages. Stationers stamp reads: Harper Pearce & Co., Stationers & Account Book Manufacterurs, Gracechurch, London. Bookplate indicates this item belonged to the library of Victor Morin, Montreal. It was part of the Daviault collection. Item is accompanied by a photocopy reproduction of the full text.

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General note:

Accessions Register from the National Library, under "Places" indicates "Oka," and "Lac-des-deux-Montagnes, [Quebec]."

Custodial history:

Item was purchased by The National Library of Canada, was accessioned on January 16, 1981 and held by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division.

Language note:

Material is written in Mohawk, an Iroquoian language.

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1 : 1981-01
Subject heading:

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Mohawk language

Mohawk (Langue)
Source:

Private

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LMS-0066

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1981-01 LMS
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