Kikinawadendamoiwewin or Almanac, wa aiongin obiboniman debeniminang Iesos, 1834
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The compiler of this Ojibwe almanac, Rev. Samuel Mazzuchelli (1806-1864), was a Catholic priest who came to the Great Lakes in 1828. He served congregations throughout Michigan, the Upper Peninsula, Green Bay, southern Canada, and as far south as the Wisconsin Lead Region. Mazzuchelli wrote what he called, "an Indian Almanac rendered by signs, equally useful to those among the Natives who are unable to read their language" in 1833 or 1834. The almanac measures about 4 x 6.5 inches and consists of just 14 pages, printed on one side only and sewn into plain paper wrappers. Just 150 copies were printed by Albert Ellis, and the one shown here is the only known copy. The original is in the Library of Congress; this digital version was made from a photocopy in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. This very rare Wisconsin imprint, the first book printed in Wisconsin, is described in more detail in The Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. 16, number 1, (September 1932), pages
- Creator
Mazzuchelli, Samuel, 1806-1864
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
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- Pamphlet Collection
- Publisher
- J.V. Suydam & A.G. Ellis
- Location
- Brown County
Green Bay
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- Ojibwe
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- Mazzuchelli, Samuel, 1806-1864. Kikinawadendamoiwewin or Almanac, wa aiongin obiboniman debeniminang Iesos, 1834. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/29360. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- Mazzuchelli, Samuel, 1806-1864, Kikinawadendamoiwewin or Almanac, wa aiongin obiboniman debeniminang Iesos, 1834. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/29360
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- Mazzuchelli, Samuel, 1806-1864. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/29360>.