Arithmetic book, [1772?]-1780.

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Arithmetic book, [1772?]-1780.

Arithmetic exercise book teaching addition, multiplication, the rule of three, double position, etc., and containing practice pages. Most pages have added drawings, writing of names or jottings of historical facts, many with ties to Williamsburg including James Anderson, Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Pendleton, Peyton Randolph, and Benjamin Waller.

1 v. (168 p.) ; 31 cm.

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Randolph, Peyton, 1721-1775

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Peyton Randolph (September 10, 1721 – October 22, 1775) was a planter and public official from the Colony of Virginia. He served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, president of Virginia Conventions, and the first and third President of the Continental Congress. Randolph was technically the first leader of the United States of America as the first president of the Continental Congress, which led the nation during the American Revolutionary War. Born in Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, ...

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803

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Edmund Pendleton (September 9, 1721 – October 23, 1803) was a Virginia planter, politician, lawyer and judge, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served in the Virginia legislature before and during the American Revolutionary War, rising to the position of Speaker. Pendleton attended the First Continental Congress as one of Virginia's delegates alongside George Washington and Patrick Henry, signed the Continental Association, and led the conventions both wherein Virginia declared inde...

Waller, Benjamin, 1716-1786.

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Benajmin Waller (1716-1786) was a respected and influential lawyer, civil servant, community leader, and land developer. Born in King William County, Virginia, Waller was a student at the College of William and Mary and later studied law using Sir John Randolph's law library. From the guide to the Benjamin Waller Letter to William Byrd, 1772 March 15, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) From the guide to the Clerk's Chit, 1774, (John D. Rocke...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Shepherd, David.

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Anderson, James, ca. 1740-1798.

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