Inventory of the James Tillman Cipher Book, 1817
Collection Number 5222-z
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Tillman, James, fl. 1817.
- Title
- James Tillman Cipher Book, 1817
- Call Number
- 5222-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
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- Items: 1
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Administrative Information
- Acquisitions Information
- Received from Joseph B. Phillips of Birmingham, Ala., in 2005 (Acc. 100102).
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the James Tillman Cipher Book #5222-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc.--History--19th century.
- Teachers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Tillman, James, fl. 1817.
Biographical Note
James Tillman, possibly of Person County, N.C., worked as a school teacher in the 1810s.
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The collection consists of North Carolina teacher James Tillman's cipher book of mathematical lessons, including rules and sample problems in arithmetic, algebra, and geometry, with many lessons showing a practical or vocational focus.
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Detailed Description of the Collection
Cipher book, 1817.
1 item.
Folder
1Cipher book, 1817
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