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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



James (E.) — Contiuued. 



Edwin Jamos, geologist, boru in Woybriilgo, 

 Vt. August 27, 1797 ; died iu Burlington, Iowa, 

 October 28, 1831. lie was graduated at Middlo- 

 bury College iu 181C, and then spent throe 

 years in Albany, where he studied medicine 

 with his brother. Dr. Daniel James, botany 

 with Dr. John Torrey, and geology under Prof. 

 Amos Eaton. In 1820 he was appointed botanist 

 and geologist to the exploring expedition of 

 Maj. Samuel n. Long, and was actively en- 

 gaged in iiold work during that year. For two 

 years following ho was occupied iu compiling 

 and preparing for the press the report of the 

 "Expedition to the Kocky Mountains, 18I8-'19" 

 (2 vols, with atlas, Philadelphia and London, 

 1823). He tlien received the appointment of 

 surgeon in the IJ. S. Army, and for six years 

 was stationed at frontier outpostp. During 

 this timo,iu addition to his professional duties, 

 bo was occupied with the study of tho native 

 Indian dialects, and prepared a translation of 

 tho New Testament in tho Ojibway language 

 (1833). In 1830 he resigned his commission and 

 returned to Albany, where for a short time ho 

 was associated with Edward C. Delavan in the 

 editorship of the "Temperance Herald and 

 Journal." Meanwhile lie also prepared for the 

 press "The Narrative of John Tanner," a 

 strange frontier character, who was stolen 

 when a child by the Indians (Now York, 1830). 

 In 1834 he again wont west, and in 1830 settled 

 iu the vicinity of Burlington, Iowa, where ho 

 spent the remainder of his life, mainly in agri- 

 cultural pursuits. Dr. James was the earliest 

 botanical explorer of the Kocky Mountains, and 

 his name was originally given by Major Long 

 to the mountain that has since been known as 

 Pike's Fcak. —Appletoii'n Cycloi). of Am. Biog. 

 James (John). Sec Murro-w (J. S.) 

 Jarvis (Saiiiuel Farmar). A discourse ou 

 the religioQ of the ludiau tribes of 

 North America : delivered before the 

 New- York Historical Society, December 

 20, 1819. 15y Samuel Farmar Jarvis. 



In New York Hist. Soc. Coll. vol. 3, pp. 181- 

 268, New York, 1821, 8^^. 



Numerals 1-10 of the Chickasaw, Choctaw, 

 and ('reek oi- Muskohgeo (from Adair), p. 230. 



Issued separately as follows: 



A I discourse j on the j religion of 



the Indian tribes , of | North America. 

 I Delivered before | the New-Y^ork His- 

 torical Society, [ December 20, 1819. 1 

 By Samuel Farmar Jarvis, | D. D. A. 

 A. S. I [Four lines quotation.] [ 



New-Y"ork : | jniblished by C. Wiley 

 & Co. 3 Wall street, | C. S. Van 

 Winkle, Printer. \ 1820. 



Pp. 1-111, 8'^.— Linguistics as above, p. 72. 



Copies seen: Boston Athenioum, Boston Pub- 

 lic, British Museum, Congress, Eamos, Trum- 

 bull. 



Jaivis (S. F.) — Continued. 



At tho Field sale a copy, No. 1115, sold for 

 .$2.12. The Squier copy, No. 551, brought $1, 

 and tho Brinley copy. No. 5112, half morocco, 

 uncut, $1.50. 



Reviewed by J. Pickering in the North Amer- 

 ican Review, vol. 11, pp. 103-113, Boston, 1820. 



Samuel Farmar Jarvis, clergyman, born in 

 Middletown, Conn. Jauuary 20, 1780; died tliero 

 March 26, 1851 ; was graduated at Yale iu 1805, 

 and ordained priest April 5, 1811. T''e same 

 year he took charge of St. Michael's Church, 

 Bloomingdale, N. Y. and in 1813 was also made 

 rector of St. James's Church, New York City, 

 retaining both parishes until May, 1819. In 

 the latter year he was appoiuted professor of 

 biblical learning ia the recently established 

 New York Genor.al Tlieological Seminary, but 

 he resigned in 1820 on being elected the lirst 

 rector of St. Paul's, Boston, Mass. Here he re- 

 mained six years, when lie gave up his charge 

 to sail for Europe, with a view of qualifying 

 himself for certain works he had projected, re- 

 lating to tho history of the church. During a 

 nine years' absence he visited all the important 

 libraries and explored every accessible source 

 of information ou the subjects to which his at- 

 tention liad been directed. Ou his return in 

 1835 he accepted tlio professorsliip of oriental 

 literature iu Wasliington (now Trinity) College, 

 but resigned in 1837 to become rector of Christ 

 Churcli, Middletown, Conn. Having been ap- 

 pointed churcli historiograplier by tho general 

 convention of 1838,ho resigned his charge in 1842, 

 and devoted the remainder of his life to literary 

 hibors. He received the degree of D. D. from 

 tho Universitj' of Pennsylvania in 1819, and that 

 of LL. D. from Trinity in 1837. Dr. Jarvis was 

 a trustee of Trinity College and of the Geueml 

 Theological Seminary, secretary and treasurer 

 of the Christian Knowledge Society, and secre- 

 tary of his diocese. Ho was a fine classical and 

 biblical scholar, and also took a great interest 

 in art, having collected during his residence 

 abroad a gallery of old paintings, mostly of the 

 Italian school. These were exhibited on his 

 return for the benefit of a charitable association, 

 but were finally sold after his death, together 

 witli his valuable librarj'. — Ap2>lcton's Cyclop, 

 of Am. Jiiog. 



Johnson (Wiley). [A letter in the Choc- 

 taw language.] 



In Indian Missionary, vol. 4, no. 7, p. 2, Atoka, 

 Ind. T. July, 1888, 4'^. 



The letter is written from "Hickory Station, 

 Newton Co., Miss.," an 1 occupies nearly half a 

 column. 



Jones (C. A.) [A letter in tlie Choctaw 

 language.] 



In Our Brother iu lied, vol. 7, no. 5, p. 3, Mus- 

 kogee, Ind. T. October 6, 1888, folio. 



Headed "From White Sand," and signed 

 with tho above name. 



