Timothy Prescott's Lesson Book
name: label: Author
content: Prescott, Timothy (student)
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Domestic Life
label: Donor
content: Prescott, Gertrude
place: label: Place
content: Massachusetts -- 19th century
title: label: Topic
content: Republican Gazetteer (Boston newspaper)
topic: label: Topic
content: Students -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Penmanship -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Education -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Mathematics -- 19th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Gertrude Prescott, April 1963.
creator: label: Author
content: Prescott, Timothy (student)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: A note to "Mr. Watkins" (probably Malcolm Watkins, SI curator) from the donor in the collection control file indicates that the lesson book is dated Jan. 10, 1803 and that it was "used in Westford before [Timothy Prescott] moved to Littleton and then Concord."
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 volume)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1802-1803
container: label: Container
content: Box 1 (Shared box)
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred from the Division of Domestic Life (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) on, 4/13/83.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0032
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Newspapers
label: Type
content: Lesson books
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Robert Harding, 1983.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Newspapers -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Lesson books
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Lesson book text consists primarily of mathematical exercises, with a few pages devoted to penmanship. Also includes a partial page of the "Republican Gazetteer, Boston, Sept. 4, 1802, used as an end page.