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Sarah North Pike arithmetic notebook and Pike family records, 1686-1776

Creator:
Pike, Sarah North, 1666-1716
Call Number:
OSB MSS 227
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
306
Abstract:
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:
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., and Binding of arithmetic notebook: full calf with gold-tooled covers and spine, page edges gilt, and marbled end papers.
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland, Cork, and Cork (Ireland)
Subject (Name):
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., and Pike family.
Subject (Topic):
Arithmetic, Study and teaching, Calligraphy, Midwifery, Midwives, Penmanship, English, Quakers, Women, Education, Women midwives, Weights and measures, Intellectual life, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sarah North Pike arithmetic notebook and Pike family records, 1686-1776

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Scale

Creator:
Streeter, Edward Clark (1874-1947)
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 074
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Decimalwaage
Description:
A painted brass Dutch scale.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Kosto, M.D. and Yale University. School of Medicine.
Subject (Topic):
Measuring instruments and Weights and measures
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Scale