John Young Mathematics Exercise Book
This collection contains one book, inscribed with John Young's Book / July 22nd 1813. Rockingham / County N. Carolina. This contains rules of mathematics: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. There are many examples of word problems and solutions, plus explanations of fractions, decimals, and other mathematics.
Dates
- 1813
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
The handwritten John Young Mathematic Exercise Book, 1813, contains the rules of mathematics: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. There are many examples of word problems and solutions, plus explanations of fractions, decimals, and other mathematics.
Biographical/Historical Note
John Young of Rockingham County, NC, could be the farmer John Young of North Carolina born to Capt. Isaac Young and Margaret Cantrell in 1781 and died in 1860 or 1866 in Cannon, Dekalb Co., Tenn. He married Lucinda Jane Cantrell (b. 1784-87) in 1803 and had about 8 children.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
Collection is property of the UT Special Collections Library.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository