Letter,

Letter

Letter

Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873
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One letter written by Pierre-Jean de Smet in Westport, Missouri to J. N. Nicollet, French scientist and western explorer, who was then in Washington, D. C. The letter (in French), written April 21st, 1840 is extremely detailed with descriptions of the Potawatomie and journeys he had made during that winter. He talks about his planned trip to Oregon and visits among the Iroquois and Pawnee. He ends his letter with a postscript concerning the efforts of a Mr. McCoy, Baptist minister, and his efforts to derail the Catholic Missionaries. The collection includes a transcript of a translation into English.

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37413311876421 Restricted Northwest Room Closed Stack NWC-057
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873
Formato: Conjunto
Lenguaje:French
Materias:
Smet, Pierre-Jean de, > 1801-1873. > Correspondence.
Nicollet, J. N. > (Joseph Nicolas), > 1786-1843.
Jesuits > Correspondence.
Missionaries > West (U.S.) > Correspondence.
Correspondence.

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520 0 |a One letter written by Pierre-Jean de Smet in Westport, Missouri to J. N. Nicollet, French scientist and western explorer, who was then in Washington, D. C. The letter (in French), written April 21st, 1840 is extremely detailed with descriptions of the Potawatomie and journeys he had made during that winter. He talks about his planned trip to Oregon and visits among the Iroquois and Pawnee. He ends his letter with a postscript concerning the efforts of a Mr. McCoy, Baptist minister, and his efforts to derail the Catholic Missionaries. The collection includes a transcript of a translation into English. 
506 |a Archival, non-circulating item. To view, contact the Inland Northwest Special Collections at 509-444-5338 or INSC@spokanelibrary.org. 
541 |a Purchased by George W. Fuller for the Spokane Public Library 
544 1 |a Washington State University has a collection of de Smet correspondence. 
545 0 |a Pierre-Jean De Smet, missionary to Native Americans, was born in France in 1801 and educated in Belgium. He came to the United States in 1821 as a novice and took his vows in Missouri in 1823, but ran a school for Native American children in Missouri from 1823 to 1830. He returned to Europe in 1831 and came back to the United States in 1838 when he began working as a missionary to the Potawatomi. In 1840, he began working with the Flatheads and continued with them through 1841. From 1841 to 1846, De Smet was Superior of the Oregon Missions. He died in St. Louis in 1873. Joseph N. Nicollet (1786-1843) was a French scientist, who explored and mapped the Upper Mississippi River and the area between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers 
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