Name/Title
WorkbookEntry/Object ID
2015.026.024Scope and Content
Handsewn mathematical workbook in fragile condition, 8 inches by 12 inches.Covers a range of subjects, including currency, navigation, time, compound and simple interest, weights and measure, basic math rules, geometry, and the like. Book still has its back cover, of marbled paper. The inside back cover includes various notations:
"Elisha Trim his book and hand and pen"
"[month?] 13, 1806"
"Elisha Trim in his 17 year"
[his name is wonderfully scribbled over and over and the book includes decorative lettering and elaborate drawings of ships]
See also 2015.026.025
