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MS.867
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Title: Sequoyah's Cherokee Alphabet Correspondence
Identifier/Call Number: MS.867
Contributing Institution:
Autry National Center, Braun Research Library
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.1 linear feet
(1 folder)
Date: 1934 January
Abstract: This is a note and envelope sent to Frederick Webb Hodge by Brother Claudius Antony of St. Mary's College, California, 1934
January 21. The Cover, which is also the envelope, is postmarked Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1934, and is stamped with "Sequoyah's
Cherokee Alphabet" honoring the invention of the Cherokee syllabary.
creator:
Antony, Claudius, Brother
creator:
Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956
This is a note and envelope sent to Frederick Webb Hodge by Brother Claudius Antony of St. Mary's College, California, 1934
January 21. The Cover, which is also the envelope, is postmarked Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1934, and is stamped with "Sequoyah's
Cherokee Alphabet" honoring the invention of the Cherokee syllabary. The explanatory note inside is written with ink made
from the General Sherman, Sequoia Gigantes tree in Sequoia National Park, California. The envelope is stamped "J. F. Hinton"
on verso.
Sequoyah's Cherokee Alphabet Correspondence, 1934, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MS.867.
Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 December
13, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Donated by Brother Claudius Antony, 1934 February.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sequoyah, 1770?-1843
Cherokee language
Correspondence
Envelopes