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The Gospel according to Matthew translated into the Cherokee language; and compared with the translation of George Lowrey and David Brown.

Title
The Gospel according to Matthew translated into the Cherokee language; and compared with the translation of George Lowrey and David Brown. By S.A. Worcester & E. Boudinott ... Printed for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Publication
New Echota [Ga.] Jno. F. Wheeler, printer, 1829.

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TextRestricted use *KF 1829 (Bible. N.T. Gospels. Matthew. Cherokee. 1829. Gospel according to Matthew)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Worcester, S. A. (Samuel Austin), 1798-1859.
  • Boudinot, Elias, -1839.
  • American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
  • Wilberforce Eames Indian Collection.
Description
123 p.; 12 cm.
Subject
Note
  • Title-page in English and Cherokee, text in Cherokee, in syllabic characters.
  • "The earliest complete book of the Bible printed in Cherokee ... A translation of Mattch ii-xxvii had already apperared as a serial ... in ... the Cherokee Phoenix. This was printed from a ms. version of the whole N.T. made from the Greek by David Brown, a Cherokee, with the assistance of ... Major ... Lowrey." Printged in the syllabic character invernted about 1821 by a Cherokee half-breed named George Guess (Sequoiah), and elaborated by S.A. Worcester.--cf. British and Foreign Bible Society. Historical catalogue, 2431.
Indexed In (note)
  • Pilling: Iroquoian languages
Call Number
*KF 1829 (Bible. N.T. Gospels. Matthew. Cherokee. 1829. Gospel according to Matthew)
OCLC
4561905
Title
The Gospel according to Matthew translated into the Cherokee language; and compared with the translation of George Lowrey and David Brown. By S.A. Worcester & E. Boudinott ... Printed for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Imprint
New Echota [Ga.] Jno. F. Wheeler, printer, 1829.
Indexed In:
Pilling: Iroquoian languages, 2431
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Added Author
Worcester, S. A. (Samuel Austin), 1798-1859. Translator
Boudinot, Elias, -1839. Translator
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Wilberforce Eames Indian Collection.
Research Call Number
*KF 1829 (Bible. N.T. Gospels. Matthew. Cherokee. 1829. Gospel according to Matthew)
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