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Green Nicholson

1811–1880 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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By Green Nicholson

Green Nicholson cipher book and receipt, 1820s-1850s.

Nicholson, Green, 1811-1880 · 1824

A cipher book and a receipt kept by Green Nicholson, who lived from 1811 to 1880, two items spanning the 1820s through the 1850s in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5221-z. Cipher books were arithmetic exercise books. These items concern nineteenth century mathematics and teachers in North Carolina, with a connection to Orange County.

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