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  • Collection: Early American Numbers

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Mathematics textbook in Hawaiian used to teach math and commerce at a missionary school in Honolulu

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Numeration Table from Fisher, The American Instructor
Table illustrating how to read and identify numbers

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Bound manuscript of arithmetic textbook created by student in Susanna Rowson's academy for girls in Boston. Handwritten book is simultaneously an exercise in learning math, penmanship, and business genres.

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Mathematics textbook for schools and merchants

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Multiplication table illustrated on the roots of an Indian Banyan tree, with accompanying tables and descriptions

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