James Pike Papers 1793-1842

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James Pike Papers 1793-1842

Papers of the American educator, author. James Pike was a New England school teacher and compiler of textbooks. He wrote The Columbian Orthographer (1806) and The Little Reader (1814). Collection includes correspondence (1805-09); diaries (1793-1811); legal papers (1809-1849); school and teaching records (1798-1807); and an undated draft of a constitution for a 'School for Young Ladies.'

0.2 linear ft.

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6362470

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Pike, John

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Epithet: Lieutenant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x000272 ...

Pike, Nicolas, 1743-1819

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Teacher, author of first popular American arithmetic textbook. From the description of ALS : Newburyport, Mass., to Jedidiah Morse, 1799 Mar. 4. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122626210 ...

Kinsman, Nathan, 1777-1829

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Pike, James, 1777-1842

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James Pike (1777-1842), the son of John and Martha Trevett Pike, was born in Somersworth, New Hampshire, in March 1777. Without doubt he received at least a common school education since he began teaching himself in December 1798. His first school was at Wakefield, Massachusetts, and it was followed by terms at Newbury "Newtown," Salisbury, and Charlestown, Massachusetts, in his home town of Somersworth, New Hampshire, and in the Maine towns in Buxton, Berwick, and Portland. While t...

Hastings, Etherbridge & Bliss.

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