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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Danforth (S.) — Continaed. 



Malefactors, in their own Language", -whioh 

 occupies pp. 43-52, beginning with, the -words : 

 "Oggussunash Kuttooonkash, " etc. See the 

 fac-similes of pp. 42 and 43. 



Copies seen: Congress, Lenox. 



The Lenox copy has inserted a manuscript 

 translation of the Indian text by Dr. J. Ham- 

 mond Trumbull. 



At the Brinley sale, catalogue no. 785, a copy 

 brought $22. 



[Vocabulary of the Massaclinsetts 



Indians.] 



Manuscript, 49 unnumbered 11. (lacking be- 

 ginning and end), sm. folio, in the library of 

 the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, 

 Mass. There is a small fragment of each of 2 

 leaves at the beginning, and of 1 leaf at the end. 

 The vocabulary is in double columns, very fine 

 and closely written, almost unreadable. It is al- 

 phabetically arranged to "W, with spaces left 

 between some words, presumably for additions. 

 The two fragmentary leaves at the beginning 

 contained words beginning with the letter N. 

 The verso of the 31st leaf and the recto of the 

 32d are blank. 



The manuscript was presented to Rev. Jer- 

 emy Belknap by Eliza Howard, great grand- 

 daughter of Danforth, Aug. 9, 1796. 



Samuel Danforth, son of Samuel Danforth of 

 Roxbury, was born in that town on the 10th of 

 December, 1666, and baptized on the 16th of the 

 same month. His father was the colleague of 

 John Eliot from 1650 to 1674. The son proba- 

 bly learned the Indian language in his youth, 

 under the direction of Mr. Eliot. In 1683 he 

 was graduated at Harvard College. His first 

 publication appears to have been the New-Eng- 

 land Almanack for 1686. In September, 1687, 

 he was ordained as minister of the church in 

 Taunton, Massachusetts, where he remained 

 until his death. 



In 1698, Mr. Danforth and Mr, Grindall Raw- 

 son were employed by the commissioners for 

 the propagation of the gospel among the In- 

 diaiis in New England, to visit and report on 

 the "Plantations of the Indians within this 

 Province." This labor they commenced on the 

 30th of May, and finished on the 24th of Jime. 

 Their report was printed in the summer or au- 

 tumn of the same year, as an appendix to Nich- 

 olas Noyes's election sermon, entitled New-Eng- 

 lands Duty and Interest, i^p. 89-99 (reprinted in 

 volume 10 of the Collections of the Massachusetts 

 Historical Society). Mr. Danforth's translation 

 into the Indian language of five sermons by 

 Increase Mather was published soon after, prob- 

 ably in October, as the dedication is dated on 

 the 14th of that month. His labors for the wel- 

 fare of the Indians in Taunton and its vicinity 

 were considerable. On certain ' ' lecture days " 

 he preached to them in their own language. 

 He also prepared in manuscript an Indian dic- 

 tionary, with references under each word to 

 Eliot's translation of the bible. In 1704 he com- 



Danforth (S.) — Continued. 



menceda series of revival meetings in Taunton, 

 and in the same year published his sermon en- 

 titled Fiety Encouraged. This was followed in 

 1708 by The Duty of Believers, and in 1710 by 

 The Woful Effects of Drunkenness. In 1713 he 

 composed An Elegy on the Memory of the Wor- 

 shipful Major Thomas Leonard, Esq., of Taun- 

 ton, which was printed on a broadside sheet. 

 Two more publications. An Exhortation to All 

 and a sermon at Bridgewater, appeared in 1714 

 and 1717. He died on November 14th, 1727, in 

 the sixty- first year of his age, 



Dawson {Sir John William). Acadian 

 geology. I The | geological structure, | 

 organic remains, and mineral resources 

 I of I Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and 

 Prince | Edward Island. | By | John 

 William Dawson, M. A., LL. D., F. E. S., 

 F. G. S., I principal [&c. six lines.] | 

 Second edition, revised and enlarged. 

 I With a geological map and numerous 

 illustrations. | 



London: | Macmillan and co. | Edin- 

 burgh : Oliver and Boyd, Tweeddale 

 court. I Halifax : A. and W. Mackinlay. 

 Montreal : Dawson brothers. | 1868. 



Frontispiece 1 1, title verso copyright 1 1. 

 dedication verso blank 1 1. preface pp. v-x, ex- 

 planation of the geological map pp. xi-xiv, con- 

 tents pp. xv-xviii, indexes pp. xix-xxvi, errata 

 verso blank 1 1. text pp. 1-671, appendix pp. 673- 

 687, index pp. 689-694, map and plates, 8°. 



Micmac language and superstitions, pp. 673- 

 675, contains Micmac and Maliseet words com- 

 pared with Greek, Latin, and Hebrew (from 

 Rand). 



Copies seen: Astor, Boston Public, British 

 Museum, G-eological Survey, Watkinson. 



There is an edition Edinburgh, 1855, 12° 

 (Boston Athenaeum, Congress, Geological Sur- 

 vey), which does not contain the linguistics; 

 and one Montreal, 1860, 12°, which I have not 

 seen. 



Acadian geology. | The | geological 



structure, ( organic remains, and min- 

 eral resources | of [ Nova Scotia, New 

 Brunswick, and Prince | Edward Isl- 

 and. I By I John William Dawson, M. 

 A.,LL. D.,F. R. S.,F. G. S. | principal 

 [&c. six lines.] | Third edition. ] With 

 a map and numerous illustrations, and 

 I a supplement. | 



London : | Macmillan and co. j Edin- 

 burgh : Oliver and Boyd. Montreal : 

 Dawson brothers. | Halifax : A. and W. 

 Mackinlay. New York : Van Nostrand. 

 I 1878. 



Frontispiece 1 1. title verso copyright 1 1. ad- 

 vertisement to third edition verso blank 1 1. 



