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Bolton, Reginald Pelham, 1856-1942.

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Maps of New York City and vicinity showing Indian possession

 Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9028
Scope and content

Two maps of the same area of the United States, southeastern New York and Long Island. Maps is labeled with many different tribes and the areas that they possess. One map says outline is from Smith's 1837 map. One map is printed, but looks to be a proof because it has pencil notes for corrections. The color map is hand drawn. Includes, but not limited to: Acquackanonk, Cortland, Navesink, Nochpeem, Secatogue, Siwanoy, Tankiteke, Tappan, and Waoranec tribes.

Dates: [18--].

Reginald Pelham Bolton collection: notes regarding Indians near Inwood Hill Park, New York City

 Collection — Huntington box 29
Identifier: 9117
Scope and content Collection includes notebook by Bolton titled "Notes on discoveries and index to aboriginal objects with location of discovery, collected by W. L. Calver, with some collected in 1907-7-8-9 by W.L.C. and R. P. Bolton." Field notebook by Alanson Skinner from 1918 titled "Field Notes" has "Notes on the great shellheap at Cold Spring, Inwood" as first entry, but the book goes on to describe other Indian excavation sites across New York State, including sites in Jefferson, Orange, and Cayuga...
Dates: 1900-1935.

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Algonquian Indians. 1
Algonquin Indians. 1
Black River (N.Y.). 1
Cayuga County (N.Y.). 1
Cherokee Indians. 1