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Oneida prayer book
Oneida prayer book
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Description
Heading: (Oneida)
Author: [Davis, Rev. Solomon]
Title: A Prayer Book in the Language of the Six Nations of the Indians
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Swords, Stanford, & Co.
Date Published: 1837
Description:


168 pages. Compiled by the Rev. Solomon Davis. (12mo) 18.3x11 cm (7¼x4¼"), rebacked with remnants of original spine laid down; original blindstamped brown cloth boards, gilt title on cover.



Oneida prayer book for tribes in Wisconsin and upper New York. At the end are four hymns in Oneida, without music. This is a revision of the Indian prayer book published in 1815 by the Rev. Eleazar Williams, a catechist in Oneida Castle, New York.


Davis' work does not contain the entirety of the prayer book, but "the Morning and Evening Service, the Litany, Catechism, some of the collects, and the prayers and thanksgivings upon several occasions in the Book of Common Prayer...together with forms of family and private devotion." The Episcopal Church had a very successful ministry to the Oneida in the 19th century, and one of the Episcopal Seminaries, Nashotah House, was founded in 1842 specifically as a mission to them. This book inscribed to Episcopal minister Edward F. Berkeley by J.J. Fitzwilliams.

Condition
Slight wear to edges; pencil ownership signature on ffep; two small areas of glue residue on title page; one signature coming loose; light toning.
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