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Massachusetts -- Salem

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

American and Canadian Cyphering Book Collection, 1727-1864

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 399
Abstract

This collection contains 197 items, most of which are cyphering books - handwritten books used to set out rules and cases associated with mathematical topics and which included problems and exercises linked to the topics. Students in the 18th and 19th centuries prepared them to use in their academic study.

Dates: 1727-1864

Dudley Leavitt Pickman Papers, 1721-1938, 1967, 1985, 1990

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 360
Abstract

The bulk of the Dudley Leavitt Pickman Papers reflects the business and personal activities of Dudley Leavitt Pickman (1779-1846), a wealthy businessman and legislator.

Dates: 1721-1938, 1967, 1985, 1990

East India Marine Society Records, 1795-1972, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 88
Abstract

The records of the East India Marine Society consist of correspondence, financial documents, guest books, scrapbooks, catalogs, and ships' journals from the founding of the Society in 1799 to 1972.

Dates: 1795-1972, undated