OLAC Record oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9492

Metadata
Title:		David Brainerd diary, July 14, 1745 - November 20, 1745
Contributor:		Brainerd, David, 1718-1747
Date:		1745
Description:		Missionary David Brainerd spent much of his life working to convert Native peoples, particularly Stockbridge and Delaware (and Susquehanna-area) Indians, to Protestant Christianity until his death of tuberculosis in 1947. This journal from 1745 recounts Brainerd's time in western Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and his encounters with both Native Americans and other colonists. The vast majority of the journal depicts Brainerd's time in the Upper Susquehanna River Valley. Brainerd's journals and autobiography were published after his death to promote missionary efforts to Native Americans. However, scholars have determined that these published accounts were largely written by Brainerd and Jonathan Edwards in 1747, when the dying Brainerd returned to New England and resided with Edwards during his final illness. They edited Brainerd's journals to make his efforts appear more successful, hoping to spur others to follow in his footsteps. The journal held at the American Philosophical Society is an original journal that was written by Brainerd during his missionary years and differs from the one published after his death by Jonathan Edwards. See the finding aid for more information about these discrepencies.
Extent:		46 pages
Identifier:		https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9492
Language:		English
Language (ISO639):		eng
Subject:		Delaware
		Pennsylvania--History
		Missions
		Religion
Type:		Diaries
		Journals
		Travel narratives
Type (DCMI):		Text
Type (OLAC):		primary_text
OLAC Info
Archive:		Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
Description:		http://www.language-archives.org/archive/indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for OLAC format
GetRecord:		Pre-generated XML file
OAI Info
OaiIdentifier:		oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9492
DateStamp:		2020-03-02
GetRecord:		OAI-PMH request for simple DC format
Search Info
Citation:		Brainerd, David, 1718-1747. 1745. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
Terms:		area_Europe country_GB dcmi_Text iso639_eng olac_primary_text