Scope and Contents: Collection of late 18th- and early 19th-century American copy books. Some bear their authors' names, town names, and dates.
Title supplied by cataloger.
1. Copy book of Dyer Babcock, New London [Conn.?], 11 December 1807; 1 bifolium, 33 x 20 cm.
2. Copy book of Anna Badcock; 22 leaves, 33 x 21 cm.
3. Copy book of John Blake and Philemon Blake; 23 leaves, 21 x 17 cm.
4. Copy book of Lemuel Burrs, Canton [Conn. or Mass.?], 3 April 1833; 36 leaves, 31 x 20 cm.
5. Copy book of Benjamin Hobbs; 11 leaves, 31 x 22 cm.
6. Anonymous copy book on interest; 26 leaves in 2 gatherings, 30 x 20 cm.
7. Copy book of J. Locke, Jr., Salisbury, Mass.?; 25 leaves, 32 x 22 cm.
8. Anonymous copy book on "Mensuration of superficies and solids"; 14 leaves, 21 x 17 cm.
9. Anonymous copy book on "Subtraction of troy weight" and other mathematical subjects; 8 leaves, 24 x 22 cm.
10. Copy book of Gardner T. Terry, "B. [or R?] I. College," 10 August 1807; 1 leaf, 31 x 20 cm.
11. Copy book of Joseph Toppan, [Newbury, Mass.?], 1777; 20 leaves, 32 x 22 cm.; Provenance: Acquired from Wreden, April 1971.; Former shelfmark: MS Uncat. 71 307 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
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