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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 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

Bowditch Family Papers, 1726/7-1942, 1961, 1975, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, financial records, maps, photographs, published works, and genealogy of the Bowditch family of Salem, Massachusetts. It also contains papers of the Babcock family, Swann family, Lyon family, Ingersoll family, and Plummer family.

Dates: 1726/7-1942, 1961, 1975, undated

East Church (Salem, Mass.) Records, 1717-1901, undated

 Collection
Identifier: EC 57
Abstract

The East Church of Salem records consist of administrative, financial, pastoral, and social records of this Salem, Massachusetts, church.

Dates: 1717-1901, undated

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

Henri-Louis Duhamel Du Monceau Papers, 1647-1791, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MH 25
Abstract

The Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau papers consist of manuscripts, correspondence, and memoranda related to naval activities such as ship design, port installation and maintenance, navigation, and the sailors themselves.

Dates: 1647-1791, undated

Henry Tiffin Commonplace Book, 1748-1776

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 322
Abstract

The Henry Tiffin commonplace book is a commonplace book that was kept by Tiffin from 1748 to 1776.

Dates: 1748-1776

Salem Marine Society Records, 1760-1994

 Collection
Identifier: MH 206
Abstract

The Salem Marine Society Records document the administrative and financial activities of the Society and its work with members and the greater maritime and Salem communities. Records date from the 1760s through the 1990s.

Dates: 1760-1994