America.- Worcester (Samuel A.) Cherokee Almanac for 1851, Park Hill

America.- Worcester (Samuel A., editor) Cherokee Almanac for 1851, text in Cherokee and English, original wrappers, scattered foxing and staining, owners mark on front wrapper, 8vo, Park Hill, OK, Mission Press, 1850. ***An early Almanac written in both English and Cherokee; the only Native American language with a syllabary devised by one of is own people, Sequoyah, the Tennessee Cherokee. He devised eighty-six symbols for sounds in the Cherokee language and a special type font was cast for the syllabic characters.

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