(AMERICAN INDIANS SENECA) [Wright Asher] Gaa Nah Shoh Ne De

Sale 2310 - Lot 19

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(AMERICAN INDIANS--SENECA.) [Wright, Asher.] Gaa Nah Shoh Ne De o Waahsa o Nyoh Gwah Nawen Niyuh. 16mo, contemporary calf gilt presentation binding, moderate wear, joints starting; front free endpaper and flyleaves coming detached, moderate foxing; modern bookplate on front pastedown. [Buffalo Creek Reservation, NY]: Seneca Mission Press, 1843

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One of just three known books from the Seneca Mission Press while at its original location at the Buffalo Creek Reservation. An edition of hymns in Seneca, expanded with an introduction and index in English. This copy bears the gilt name of missionary Hanover Bradley (1795-1874) on the front cover. In 1840, Bradley was serving as steward and farmer at the Seneca Mission per "History of American Missions to the Heathen," page 172.
According to Severance's Buffalo Imprints, page 590, the only complete copy ever seen was found in the cornerstone of a building that was torn down in 1901; that copy was placed back in the cornerstone of the new building. Howland, "Seneca Mission at Buffalo Creek," Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, page VI:159; Pilling, Iroquoian page 176; Sabin 105546. None known at auction since 1920; WorldCat reports 3 copies.