Sarah North Pike arithmetic notebook and Pike family records, 1686-1776
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Description
- Title
- Sarah North Pike arithmetic notebook and Pike family records, 1686-1776
- Creator
- Pike, Sarah North, 1666-1716
- Abstract
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Autograph manuscript arithmetic notebook by Sarah North Pike, 1686, annotated with Pike family records, 1695-1771; and 18 birth certificates for members of the Pike family, printed forms completed in manuscript, dated at Cork, 1724-1776. Arithmetic notes include instructions and practice examples for addition, subtraction, multiplication, reduction, weights and measures, the golden ratio, and barter; calligraphic writing and drawings in colored inks; and brief references to the Sarah North Pike, her teacher Elizabeth Beane, and the North family. Birth certificates and family records document births, marriages, and deaths of children born to Sarah North Pike, 1695-1707, Agnes Riggs Pike, 1721-1723, Mary Randall Pike, 1723-1744, Anne Clibbon Pike, 1766-1771, and Katherine Hutchinson Pike, 1776. Birth certificates are signed by midwives, including male midwives, 1768-1776
- Description
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Sarah North Pike (1666-1716) was a daughter of Mary North and Thomas North, of Lewin’s Mead, in Bristol, England. Sarah North married Thomas Pope in 1687; in 1693 she married Ebenezer Pike (1662-1724), of Cork, Ireland, a son of Elizabeth Jackson Pike (1636-1688) and Richard Pike (1627-1688). In 1720, Ebenezer Pike married Agnes Riggs Pike (circa 1690-1723). Children of Sarah North Pike and Ebenezer Pike included Richard Pike (1696-1763), who married Mary Randall Pike (1699-1775) in 1722; their children included Ebenezer Pike (1724-1785), who married Anne Clibbon Pike (1730-1801) in 1765, and Samuel Pike (1726-1796), who married Katherine Hutchinson Pike (1744-1813) in 1769. Members of the Pike family were Quakers and were active as merchants and bankers in Cork, where members of the family founded Pike’s Bank and the Cork Steamship Company.
In English.
Title page of arithmetic notebook: Sarah North her book, scholler to Eliz Beane, Mrs in the art of writing and arithmetic, anno 1686.
Binding of arithmetic notebook: full calf with gold-tooled covers and spine, page edges gilt, and marbled end papers. - Provenance
- Gift of Richard A. Linenthal (Tennants spring sale, 2021 March 19, lot 124) on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund, 2021.
- Extent
- 0.21 linear feet (1 box)
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- OSB MSS 227
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Problems, exercises, etc
Early works to 1800
Handbooks, manuals, etc
Birth certificates Ireland Cork 17th century
Birth certificates Ireland Cork 18th century
Birth records Ireland Cork 17th century
Birth records Ireland Cork 18th century
Calligraphic drawings Ireland Cork 18th century - Subject (Geographic)
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Ireland
Cork
Cork (Ireland) - Subject (Name)
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Beane, Elizabeth.
Pike, Agnes Riggs, approximately 1690-1723.
Pike, Anne Clibbon, 1730-1801.
Pike, Ebenezer, 1662-1724.
Pike, Ebenezer, 1724-1785.
Pike, Katherine Hutchinson, 1744-1813.
Pike, Mary Randall, 1699-1775.
Pike, Richard, 1696-1763.
Pike, Samuel, 1726-1796.
Pike, Sarah North, 1666-1716.
Pike family. - Subject (Topic)
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Arithmetic
Study and teaching
Calligraphy
Midwifery
Midwives
Penmanship, English
Quakers
Women
Education
Women midwives
Weights and measures
Intellectual life
Social life and customs - Subjects
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Beane, Elizabeth
Pike, Agnes Riggs, approximately 1690-1723
Pike, Anne Clibbon, 1730-1801
Pike, Ebenezer, 1662-1724
Pike, Ebenezer, 1724-1785
Pike, Katherine Hutchinson, 1744-1813
Pike, Mary Randall, 1699-1775
Pike, Richard, 1696-1763
Pike, Samuel, 1726-1796
Pike, Sarah North, 1666-1716
Pike family
Arithmetic > Problems, exercises, etc > Early works to 1800
Arithmetic > Study and teaching > Ireland > Cork > Early works to 1800
Calligraphy > Study and teaching > Ireland > Cork > Early works to 1800
Midwifery > Ireland > Cork > Early works to 1800
Midwives > Ireland > Cork > Early works to 1800
Penmanship, English > Study and teaching > Ireland > Cork > Early works to 1800
Quakers > Ireland > Cork > Early works to 1800
Women > Education > Ireland > Cork > Early works to 1800
Women midwives > Ireland > Cork > Early works to 1800
Weights and measures > Ireland > Cork > Handbooks, manuals, etc > Early works to 1800
Weights and measures > Study and teaching > Early works to 1800
Cork (Ireland) > Intellectual life > 17th century
Cork (Ireland) > Social life and customs > 17th century
Cork (Ireland) > Social life and customs > 18th century
Ireland > Cork > 17th century
Ireland > Cork > 18th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Sarah North Pike arithmetic notebook and Pike family records. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15903176
- Object ID (OID)
- 33272755