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Mahlon and James Batten family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0793
Abstract

This collection consists of four volumes containing tax assessments, mathematical exercises, accounts, memoranda, and school compositions created by Mahlon and James Batten of Pencader Hundred, Delaware, between 1832 and 1874.

Dates: 1832-1874

Nancy W. Burton copybook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0096
Abstract

This copybook of mathematical exercises was created by Ann “Nancy” W. Burton, likely a resident of Sussex County, Delaware, between 1815 and 1820. The volume contains rules, examples, tables, and applications of mathematical principles.

Dates: 1815-1820

Charles Green mathematical notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0099
Abstract

Charles Green of Brandywine Hundred, Delaware, created these notebooks of mathematical rules and exercises around 1840-1841 to aid his study of practical geometry.

Dates: approximately 1840-1841

Language exercises by students of Worcester, Massachusetts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0128
Abstract

Selected schoolwork in the subject of Language by first- through ninth-grade students from Worcester, Massachusetts. It was likely submitted to the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dates: 1903-1904

Henry W. Marston daily journal for 1875

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0113
Abstract

The journal of Henry W. Marston chronicles his daily activities for 1875 as a student and a junior scribe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The entries include observations of the weather, schoolwork, travel, conversations, family events, and Marston's attendance of the Centennial Exhibition.

Dates: 1875

Journal of a voyage from Philadelphia to Antwerp

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0170
Abstract Joseph Martin, a ship's boy on the merchant vessel Pacific, kept this ship's log during two 1820s voyages: Philadelphia, to Antwerp (Belgium), to Crounstant (likely Kronstadt, Russia), and back to Philadelphia with Captain Abiah Sharpe; and Philadelphia to Madras (India) and back with Captain James Moore. In addition to standard nautical data, Martin added a small number of illustrations, some in color, and many nautical and mathematical exercises, including...
Dates: 1820 April 15-1822 April 17, 1843; Majority of material found within 1820 April 15-1822 April 17

Mary C. Richards accounting exercise book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0183
Abstract

This single volume manuscript, dated 1823-1837, likely created by Mary C. Richards of Lewes, Delaware, functioned primarily as a mathematical and accounting exercise book, but also includes a brief daybook, two ledgers, and memoranda at the end.

Dates: 1823-1837; Majority of material found within 1834-1837

Emma D. Schall student workbooks for geometric and apparel pattern designs at the Frauenarbeitschule Reutlingen

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0173
Abstract

These two manuscript notebooks are workbooks of geometric drawings and apparel pattern designs created by Emma D. Schall while she was a student at the Frauenarbeitschule Reutlingen in Reutlingen, Germany, in the late-nineteenth or early-twentieth century.

Dates: approximately 1890-1910

Elizabeth W. Supplee math exercise book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0126
Abstract

The early nineteenth-century notebook of Elizabeth W. Supplee (probably of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) contains handwritten math exercises demonstrating a variety of principles. The exercises include numerical problems, word problems, and other applications. The pages are adorned with elaborately scripted headings, Elizabeth’s name and initials, and simple sketches.

Dates: 1831 March 23-September 8

Samuel M. Talley trigonometry notebook and account book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0112
Abstract

This trigonometry and surveying notebook belonged to Samuel M. Talley, who lived in Brandywine Hundred, near Wilmington, Delaware, in the nineteenth century. The notebook features mathematical problems and solutions related to the principles of trigonometry and the surveying of land. The latter part of the volume contains an account book listing wages due for farm labor.

Dates: 1833-1863; Majority of material found within 1833-1834

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Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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