Samuel Vaughan student notebooks, circa 1775-1782.

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Samuel Vaughan student notebooks, circa 1775-1782.

Collection of notebooks of various sizes belonging to Samuel Vaughan and perhaps other members of the Vaughan family, at least some dating from Samuel Vaughan's studies under Joseph Priestley at the Dissenters' Academy in Warrington. Pedagogical content of the notebooks, many of which are used from both ends and most of which are not filled, include notes from lectures on subjects such as historical chronology, grammar, and elocution; exercises in algebra, geometry, and trigonometry; and excerpts from sermons and historical and literary works. The notebooks also include copies of one letter each to Joseph Priestley and Samuel's brother Benjamin Vaughan. One volume is a receipt book. Loose items laid in the notebooks include copies of poems and a list of books with initials representing members of the Vaughan family next to different titles.

12 v. + 24 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7130374

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835

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Benjamin Vaughan lived through all the vicissitudes of an enlightened life during the age of revolution. Born in Jamaica to Samuel Vaughan, a merchant and planter, and Sarah Hallowell, a native Bostonian, Vaughan was raised in London and educated at Cambridge and Lincoln's Inn. At university, he fell in with the coterie of Joseph Priestley, Benjamin Franklin, Jeremy Bentham, and William Petty, the Earl of Shelburne, and imbibed many of their unorthodox, perhaps radical political, s...

Vaughan, Samuel, Jr., 1762-1827

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Samuel Vaughan, the son of Samuel and Sarah (Hallowell), was born in 1762. He was a merchant and sugar plantation owner in Jamaica and never married. He probably died in 1827. Several published works have confused him with his father Samuel Vaughan, stating that he died in 1802. From the guide to the Vaughan Family Papers, 1768-1950 (Massachusetts Historical Society) ...

Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804

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Joseph Priestley was an English clergyman, political theorist, and physical scientist whose work contributed to advances in liberal political and religious thought and in experimental chemistry. He is best remembered for his contribution to the chemistry of gases. He relocated to Northumberland, Pa. From the description of Joseph Priestley papers, 1777-1835. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53101438 Priestley and Vaughan, amongst others, founded...