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Daniel Ricketson papers

Title: Daniel Ricketson papers, 1760-1771.
Author: Ricketson, Daniel, 1745-1824.

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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

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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).

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Genre/Form

Account books – Massachusetts – 18th century.
Ships' logs.
Textbooks.

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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.

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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

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