Robert Spilsbe Coleman arithmetic exercise book
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Robert Spilsbe Coleman arithmetic exercise book
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[56] pages ; 32 x 19 cm
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Arithmetical exercise book explaining and demonstrating addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, wine measure, dry and long measures. Inscribed: “Robert Spilsbe Coleman His Book August the 19, 1773,” and probably used by him until 1775. Next used by Coleman’s son, Robert Spilsbe, Jr., in 1782–1783 and 1821. Also contains a list of family births, 1851–1857. The Spotsylvania County records, 1721–1800, list several branches of the Coleman family, which included several Robert Spilsbes. This individual cannot be absolutely identified.
Bound in a limp canvas binding. The first and last leaves of text have been adhered to the canvas. Both the canvas covering and several pages have substantial areas of loss.
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Coleman, Robert Spilsbe, “Robert Spilsbe Coleman arithmetic exercise book,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed May 2, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/3054.