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Daniel Ricketson papers
- Title
- Daniel Ricketson papers, 1760-1771.
- Author
- Ricketson, Daniel, 1745-1824.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 2573 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Ricketson, Daniel, 1813-1898.
- Description
- .08 linear foot (1 volume)
- Summary
- Daniel Ricketson was a Quaker of Bristol County, Massachusetts. His papers contain a mathematical text book, a logbook, and an account book. The mathematical textbook includes problems in arithmetic, navigation and trigonometry and was compiled by Ricketson in 1760. He kept the logbook on a voyage in the sloop "Polly" from July 10-September 27, 1766. His account book contains accounts with customers for merchandise, tailoring, labor on sloops and other services, with entries dating from January 22-November 26, 1771. This account book also contains a pedigree of the Ricketson family of Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, in the hand of a kinsman, Daniel Ricketson (1813-1898).
- Subjects
- Ships' logs
- Merchants > Massachusetts > 18th century
- Trigonometry > Study and teaching > Massachusetts > 18th century
- Bristol County (Mass.) > Social conditions > 18th century
- Tailors > Massachusetts > 18th century
- Account books > Massachusetts > 18th century
- Cost and standard of living > Massachusetts > 18th century
- Polly (Sloop)
- Navigation > Study and teaching > Massachusetts > 18th century
- Textbooks
- Logbooks > Massachusetts > 18th century
- Ricketson family
- Quakers > Massachusetts > History > 18th century
- Mathematics > Study and teaching > Massachusetts > 18th century
- Arithmetic > Study and teaching > Massachusetts > 18th century
- Genre/Form
- Account books – Massachusetts – 18th century.
- Ships' logs.
- Textbooks.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Call Number
- MssCol 2573
- OCLC
- 794689458
- Author
- Ricketson, Daniel, 1745-1824.
- Title
- Daniel Ricketson papers, 1760-1771.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Added Author
- Ricketson, Daniel, 1813-1898.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 2573