Papers, 1783-1798.

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Papers, 1783-1798.

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Papers of Nicolas Pike, mathematician, educator, and author of the treatise "A New and Complete System of Arithmetick ..." (1788). Papers consist of correspondence about the publication and sale of his book, about mathematical questions, and about his membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Includes letters from Jeremy Belknap, Nathaniel Bowditch, James Bowdoin, Jedediah Morse, Benjamin West, John Wheelock, Joseph Willard, and other mathematicians, astronomers, and educators.

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Willard, Joseph, 1738-1804

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University president, clergyman, and educator. From the description of Circular signed by Joseph Willard, Harvard University president, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067536 Joseph Willard was born on 29 Dec. 1738, the youngest son of the Rev. Samuel and Abigail Willard of Biddeford, Me. Upon the death of his father, his mother remarried, and he grew up in the household of the Rev. Richard Elvins of Scarborough, Me. Intent upon a medical career, and encouraged b...

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences was chartered by the legislature of Massachusetts in 1780 and is the second oldest learned society in the U.S. Among its incorporators were James Bowdoin, John Adams, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock. From the description of Records of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1775-1800 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122413111 ...

West, Benjamin, 1730-1813

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American almanac-maker, astronomre and teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Providence, to Noah Webster, 1784 Sept. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588237 ...

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790

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Governor and public official from Massachusetts. From the description of James Bowdoin papers, 1785-1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980726 American politician, governor of Massachusetts, 1785-87; father of James Bowdoin, 1752-1811 From the guide to the James Bowdoin, Sr. letter to John Sullivan, 1786, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Wheelock, John, 1754-1817

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John Wheelock was born in Lebanon, Conn. in 1754. He attended Yale University for three years, then transferred to Dartmouth College and graduated in 1771 with the first class. He succeeded his father, Eleazar Wheelock, as president of the Dartmouth College in 1779. He died in 1817. From the description of Papers, 1772-1829. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237296584 Educator. President, Dartmouth College, 1779-1815. From the description of Letter...

Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798

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Jeremy Belknap was born in Boston on June 4, 1744. He received an AB from Harvard in 1762 and an AM in 1765. He became the minister of the First Congregational Church of Dover, New Hampshire in 1767, and later served as the minister of the Church in Long Lane, Boston. As a historian, Belknap published the History of New Hampshire and American Biography. His work on American Biography encouraged an interest in Harvard's history, and he explained in a letter two months before his de...

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 ...

Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826

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Congregational clergyman and geographer of Connecticut and Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1783-1826. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58770513 From the description of Account book, 1816-1820. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58770209 Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826), a Congregational clergyman, was known as "the father of geography". His lectures on geography included Geography Made Easy (1784), the fir...

Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838

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American writer on navigation. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Salem, to an unidentified recipient, 1810 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270910812 From the description of Letter signed : Boston, to William Vaughan in London, 1837 May 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270910815 Astronomer, mathematician, and insurance executive. From the description of Nathaniel Bowditch correspondence, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 794511...