Papers, 1717-1741.

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Papers, 1717-1741.

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This collection includes a 528 page volume of notes on arithmetic, logic, metaphysics, physics, geography, and Euclid. It was compiled by Hale in 1720 and 1721. There is a 21 page "Quotidiana" or commonplace book of medical notes transcribed by Hale in 1722, and a copy of extracts from Charles Morton's science textbook, "Compendium Physicae," transcribed in 1717. The latter volume includes drawings and diagrams (some pages have been torn from the volume). From c. 1727-c. 1741 Hale kept a notebook of eclectic information including charts of men's and women's names that appear in the Bible, extracts from a technical lexicon, surnames of men who had earned Harvard degrees to 1727, and his schedule of reading the Bible. According to Clifford K. Shipton these manuscripts constitute one of the best surviving collections of student papers of the period. There is also a brief journal of a trip Hale made to Nova Scotia, June and July, 1731, with additional notes for August to 2 September, 1732. At the back of the journal there are accounts for 1731, a few miscellaneous jottings, and an incomplete letter.

5 v. ; octavo.

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Morton, Charles, 1627-1698

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Charles Morton (1626/27)-1698) was a Puritan clergyman and teacher who came to Boston in 1686. He served as minister at Charlestown, Mas., and was elected vice-president of Harvard College in 1697. Morton probably completed his "Compendium Physicae" in 1680 and brought it with him to Boston. The original syllabus has been lost but there are fourteen copies of the manuscript book still in existence. "Compendium Physicae" was the science textbook used by Harvard College students from 1687 to 1728....

Hale, Robert, 1703-1767.

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Colonel Robert Hale (1702/03-1767) was the son of Robert (1668-1718/19) and Elizabeth Clark Hale. He graduated from Harvard College in 1721, studied medicine with Joseph Manning of Ipswich, Mass., and was one of the most important citizens of Beverly, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1717-1741. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207141094 ...