Letter, 1822 Oct. 16, Dartmouth College, to Dugald Stewart, Esq., F.R.S., Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Letter, 1822 Oct. 16, Dartmouth College, to Dugald Stewart, Esq., F.R.S., Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Letter explains the circumstances of the mathematical prodigy Zerah Colburn's residence in England and addresses Stewart's description of Colburn's mathematical skills in the second volume of Stewart's Elements of the philosophy of the human mind.

[2] p. (1 leaf) ; 32 x 38 cm. folded to 32 x 19 cm.

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Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828

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Scottish philosopher. From the description of Letter signed : Kinniel House, to Thomas Jefferson, 1824 Sept. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580884 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Catrine, Kilmarnock, to an unidentified peer, before 1809?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574573 Dugald Stewart was born on November 22, 1753 in Edinburgh, Scotland. At the age of 13, he studied at the University of Edinburgh where his father was th...

Colburn, Zerah, 1804-1840

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Chamberlain, William, 1755-1828.

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