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Title

Arithmetic copy books

Authors

• McCormick family
• McCormick, James, 19th cent
• McCormick, William Hampton, 19th cent
• Stockton, J. 1779-1832
• Day, Jeremiah, 1773-1867
• Jess, Zachariah

Other related names

• Koslov, Samuel, former owner

Call number

LJS 164
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 5837956
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5837956

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Origin

Date

1822-1845

Place

Georges Township, Fayette County

Summary

3 volumes, mostly disbound, of sample problems copied by members of the McCormick family of Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, from arithmetic textbooks published in the first half of the 19th century. The first volume was copied in 1822 and possibly 1823 by James McCormick from Joseph Stockton's Western calculator, or a new and compendious system of practical arithmetic, published in many editions, the first in 1818. Notes and accounts at the back of the volume are dated 1825 and 1826. The second volume was copied circa 1839-1845 by William Hampton McCormick, earlier sections also from the Western calculator and later sections with more complex mathematics from Jeremiah Day's Introduction to algebra, published in many editions, the first in 1814. The third volume is an unsigned fragment in a different hand dated 1823, copied from Zachariah Jess's American tutor's assistant, improved, or a compendious system of decimal, practical arithmetic, published in many editions, the first in 1799. Stockton's textbook covers very similar material to Jess's, focusing on arithmetic to be used in the contexts of finance, retail, and building trades.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

3 volumes (111, 105, 23 leaves) : 334 x 200 mm. (Volume 1), 325 x 205 mm. (Volume 2), 334 x 208 mm. (Volume 3) +

Collation

Volume 1 in 5 gatherings with 3 loose leaves; Volume 2 in 3 gatherings, with the third consisting of a bifolium around 3 gatherings, 2 loose leaves, and 1 note; Volume 3 in 4 fragments of gatherings with 1 loose leaf.

Support

Paper

Binding

Volume 2 bound in paper boards; Volumes 1 and 3 disbound.

Layout

Volume 1 written in 2 columns of problems; Volume 2 written in 2 columns for problems from the Western calculator and long lines for problems from the Introduction to algebra; Volume 3 written in 2 columns of problems.

Script

Written in cursive script in the hands of James McCormick (Volume 1), William Hampton McCormick (Volume 2), and an unknown student (Volume 3).

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Samuel Koslov.
   
• Sold at auction at Christie's as part of Samuel Koslov's collection, 12 Nov. 1996, lot 377, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
   

Subjects topical

• Arithmetic--Early works to 1900
• Mathematics--Study and teaching--19th century

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, American--19th century
• Manuscripts, Digital

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. Folder 1, 1r — Western calculator, 1822-1826
• fol. Folder 6, 1r — Western calculator and Introduction to algebra (Selections), 1839-1845
• fol. Folder 7, 1r — American tutor's assistant, improved