Education--Maryland--History--18th century.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Smith trigonometry and surveying notebook
Collection — Box Multi 03
Identifier: MS-0049
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains a notebook kept by Charles Smith started April 3, 1783 while a student at Washington College, Chestertown, MD. It is entitled “Plane Trigonometry and the application of it to the taking of Height and Distances: Also Surveying and the Division of Lands and also the Laying out of New Lands.” Included among the examples is a problem based on the Siege of York.
Dates:
1783
History notebook
Collection — Box Multi 02
Identifier: MS-0025
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains an unidentified student’s notebook while they attended Washington College circa 1790. The book lists historical events starting with 4004 B.C. to 476 A.D. Many of the early historical events are taken from Biblical history. There is also a list of Roman Emperors at that end of the notebook.
Dates:
circa 1790
Samuel Ringgold trigonometry notebook
Collection
Identifier: MS-0103
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains a notebook belonging to Samuel Ringgold with various lessons including astronomy, navigation, trigonometry, and an essay on industry. There are many beautiful hand-drawn diagrams. There is faint writing on both covers one of which indicate he used it while attending Washington College, there are also various dates in different parts of the book, one cover has 1787, a flyleaf of multiple signatures has 1786, while a clear flyleaf mentions President Washington and...
Dates:
1786-1792