Title: John Young Mathematics Exercise Book

Date/Date Range :   1813

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.

Call number: MS-2199

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection is property of the UT Special Collections Library.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], John Young Mathematics Exercise Book, MS-2199. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

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., TN. He married Lucinda Jane Cantrell (b. 1784-87) in 1803 and had about 8 children.

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.

• Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc.
• Mathematics -- History -- 19th century.