Handwritten History of Brothertown

Name/Title

Handwritten History of Brothertown

Entry/Object ID

BC.2010.022.669

Tags

Copyright Restriction

Scope and Content

Eight pages of hand written notes on lined legal paper. The writing is in cursive in black ink. Each page is numbered in the top left corner "No 01," "No 02," etc. Both front and back of the paper is used, except the last page does not have writing on the back making it 15 pages of content on 8 pieces of paper. There are notes in the margins that indicate what the paragraph is about such as "July 8, 1934," "July 1, 1735 Ordained Aug 31, 1735," etc. It seems to be a short, general history of the Brothertown most likely written by Otto Heller, but could be copied from a book he read. The first line reads "At the beginning of the eightenth [sic] century, there lived in the valley of the Housatonic River in Western Massachusetts the remnants of the once mighty tribe of Muh-he-cau-new Indians."

Collection

Brothertown Collection

Cataloged By

Braaten, Hattie

Category

Historical Documents

Archive Items Details

Title

Handwritten History of Brothertown

Description

Notes; History Documents

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital Only

Date

07/07/2023

Reproductions

Notes

Brothertown Indian Nation holds physical copies and copyright; contact Brothertown for reproductions and publishing

Created By

hbraaten@oneidanation.org

Create Date

07/07/2023

Updated By

hbraaten@oneidanation.org

Update Date

07/07/2023