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Literary papers

Collection Type

  • Manuscripts

Date

1787-1793, undated

Location Note

Folders C.2.22-C.2.25

GUSN

GUSN-173245

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Description

Subseries D. Literary papers and printed material, 1787-1793, undated (#C.2.22-C.2.25), contains copybooks and other related papers. The series includes a collection of James Rundlet's copybooks for the subjects of geography, geometry, logic, penmanship, mathematics, trigonometry, rhetoric, and philosophy; two items associated with Jane Hill, later to become James Rundlet's wife; and Jane's "Family Record," which lists the birth, marriage, and death dates of her immediate family.

Details

Descriptive Terms

arithmetic
geography
geometry
logic
handwriting
rhetoric
trigonometry
philosophy
personal papers

Physical Description

Personal papers (2 cartons)

Collection Code

MS025

Collection Name

Rundlet-May family papers

Date of Acquisition

1971

Reference Code

MS025.01.04

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

Exeter (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)
Portsmouth (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)

Record Details

Originator

Rundlet, James, 1772-1852
Rundlet, Jane (Hill), 1774-1849

Material Type

personal papers

Other People

Rundlet, Caroline, 1797-1880
Rundlet, John Samuel, 1807-1837
Rundlet, Edward, 1805-1874
Rundlet, William, 1800-1846
Rundlet, Alfred, 1811-1851
Rundlet, Harriet, 1795-1840
Rundlet, Elizabeth Jane, 1813-1839
Rundlet, James, 1815-1855
May, Louisa Catherine (Rundlet), 1817-1895

Description Level

Sub-series

Location Note

Folders C.2.22-C.2.25

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