John Pickering an Wilhelm von Humboldt, 18.01.1823<idno type="BBAW">445</idno> Wilhelm von Humboldt: Online-Edition der sprachwissenschaftlichen Korrespondenz Frank Zimmer Editor Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BBAW) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Grundlage der Edition: Ehem. Preußische Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, gegenwärtig in der Jagiellonen-Bibliothek Krakau, Coll. ling. fol. 52, Bl. 19–20. – Kopie: Boston, Public Library, MS q. 1900, No. 7, Courtesy of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library/Rare Books S. 208 Mattson 11726 Edwards, Jonathan Eliot, John Morse, Jedidiah Edwards, Jonathan: Observations on the language of the Muhhekaneew Indians (London: W. Justins 1789) Edwards, Jonathan / Pickering, John: Observations on the Language of the Muhhekaneew Indians (Boston: Phelps and Farnham 1823) Eliot, John: The Indian Grammar begun: or, An essay to bring the Indian language into rules, for the help of such as desire to learn the same, for the furtherance of the Gospel among them (Cambridge: Marmaduke Johnson 1666) Eliot, John / Pickering, John / Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen / Davis, John: A Grammar of the Massachusetts Indian Language (Boston: Phelps and Farnham 1822) Morse, Jedidiah: The American Universal Geography: or, a view of the present situation of the United States of America (Elizabethtown: Shepard Kollock 1789) Morse, Jedidiah: A report to the Secretary of War of the United States, on Indian affairs, comprising a narrative of a tour (New Haven: Converse 1822) Sir, I had the honour, a considerable time since, to receive … Pickering, John Salem Humboldt, Wilhelm von 09.04.1823 18.02.1822 09.10.1822 Eigenhändig Massachusett Mahican (Muhhekanew) FZ 30. Juni 2014 in Bearbeitung
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I had the honour, a considerable time since, to receive your obliging letter of the 18.th of February last, to which I should have replied before now, but for the want of knowing an opportunity to forward a letter, and for incessant & indispensable engagements in my professional business; to these reasons I should also add, the attention I have been obliged to give to a new edition of D.r EdwardsTreatise on the Mohegan Language, which is republishing under my direction. While I have been thus waiting for a moment’s leisure in order to make my reply, your other letter (of Oct. 9.th ) has arrived. I shall in a few days do myself the pleasure to answer them both in detail, and shall accompany my letter with a copy of my edition of Edwards.

I know not how to express the satisfaction I feel at the flattering manner in which you have been pleased to receive my communications; and I am particularly gratified that our new edition of Eliot’s Grammar has been published in such a manner as to meet with your approbation.

In the mean time permit me, Sir, to offer you a new work which has just been published here, under the sanction of our Government, respecting the Indian Tribes. You will not, it is true, find much in it respecting the languages; but it contains a great mass of geographical & other information, which will be of value in the progress of your researches. The copy, which I send you, is presented by the author, the Rev.d D.r Morse, who desires me to request your acceptance of it. He is the same gentleman, who is the author of our earliest work on the Geography of the United States, which has been for some time known in Europe.

I have the honour to be Sir, with the highest consideration, your most obedient & humble servt JnoPickering Salem, Massachusetts, Jan.y 18. 1823.