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Preferred Citation:

William J. Babb Notebook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase.

Scope and Contents

Pike's Arithmetic, 1856-1858, [either Nicholas Pike's A New and Complete System of Arithmetic or Stephen Pike's The Teacher's Assistant] copied by William J. Babb, Hardy County, Va. [W. Va.]. The volume also includes verse.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• American poetry--19th century
• Arithmetic--Study and teaching
• Hardy County (W. Va.)--History--19th century
• Notebooks