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Document Details : Title: 'To collect and preserve such information as may be obtained concerning the Indian languages' Subtitle: An Early Program for Americanist Linguistics (1823) Author(s): GOODMAN, Roy , SWIGGERS, Pierre Journal: Orbis Volume: 37 Date: 1994 Pages: 221-233 DOI: 10.2143/ORB.37.0.2012777 Abstract : In 1826 James Barbour (1775-1842), who had been elected Secretary of War the previous year, issued a printed circular, dated May 152. This document, emanating from the head of the Department of War, is an archival piece of particular interest to those who study the history of Americanist linguistics. It was originally accompanied by three documents, intended to illustrate the task set out in the letter, viz. to record the Indian languages still spoken in the United States. |
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