Mary T. Hoxsie cypher book, 1832
1 volume
This cypher book contains mathematics rules, examples, and exercises copied and completed by teenage Mary T. Hoxsie of Rhode Island, in 1832. The sections include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and the rule of three. The examples and questions incorporate Federal money and pricing out "Bill of Parcels" (purchasing quantities of tea, coffee, sugar, Malaga Raisons, butter, worsted hose, and oats). Mary created several calligraphic section headers, including two unusual examples. The cypher book was hand-made, with a leather cover and a July 23, 1829, front page of the Independent Inquirer and Rhode-Island Journal palimpsest/paste-down.