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===by Lawrence Claesse===
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This is a translation of all of the religious texts indicated in the title, including importantly the New Testament, into what the book refers to as the Mahauque Indian language. <ref> The morning and evening prayer, the litany, church catechism, family prayers, and several chapters of the Old and New-Testament, translated into the Mahaque Indian language, : Church of England : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive (Internet Archive) [https://archive.org/details/morningeveningpr00chur] </ref> This likely is  an antiquated Anglicization of Mohawk.<ref> Ibid. </ref> The translated copy was intended for use by missionaries among American Indians. <ref> Ibid. </ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Claesse's Mohawk liturgy. p. 4to." This was one of the titles kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]] and later sold to the Library of Congress in 1815. Millicent Sowerby includes the 1715 New York edition (the only edition published) as an in entry in ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'',<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson''. (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 2:100 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648109;view=1up;seq=112 [no.1481]]</ref> Both the [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on January 31, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing record the same volume. Unfortunately, Jefferson's copy no longer exists to note any Wythe markings. 

==Description of The Wolf Law Library's copy==
As yet, the Wolf Law Library has been unable to procure a copy of ''The Morning and Evening Prayer, the Litany, Church Catechism''.

==See also==
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
*[[Wythe's Library]]

==References==
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[[Category:Jefferson's Books]]
[[Category:Lawrence Claesse]]
[[Category:Religion]]
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]

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