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Scope and Contents of the Collection
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| Creator: | Huntington, Thomas, 1745-1835. |
| Title: | Thomas Huntington Letters |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1769 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Letter and letter fragment from Thomas Huntington concerning his mission to the Oneida Indians. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
Thomas Huntington (1745-1835) was an American physician, merchant, and (briefly) missionary to the Six Nations in Central New York. The Six Nations, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, are a large and historically important confederacy of six Native American tribes of the northeastern United States: the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora nations.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Thomas Huntington Letters consists of a manuscript letter dated 14 June 1769 (and an undated fragment of another letter) from Thomas Huntington presumably to his cousin Rev. Eleazar Wheelock concerning his mission to the Oneida Indians. The collection also includes modern photocopies of supplementary reference material about Huntington, Wheelock, and Samuel Kirkland.
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Thomas Huntington Letters,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 2015.
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Created by: MRC
Date: 3 Mar 2015
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