Cyphering books
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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
Found in:
Phillips Library
Hodges Family Papers, 1657-1874, undated
Collection
Identifier: MH 126
Abstract
This collection consists of the shipping, business, and personal papers of Gamaliel Hodges and his sons, John and Joseph Hodges, of Salem, Massachusetts, as well as papers for Richard Manning.
Dates:
1657-1874, undated
Found in:
Phillips Library
Phillips Family Papers, 1636, 1783-1897, undated
Collection
Identifier: MH 4
Abstract
The bulk of the Phillips Family Papers is comprised of materials relating to Stephen C. Phillips' merchant house and other family business.
Dates:
1636, 1783-1897, undated
Found in:
Phillips Library