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}}This is the only mathematical work of which there is any evidence that George Keith wrote. Its complexity shows some familiarity with high level geometry possibly stemming from Keith's background as a surveyor. <ref>"George Keith Missionary," last modified August 16th, 2015,  http://ca.wow.com/wiki/George_Keith_(missionary) </ref> The book was "printed for the author, and are to be had at the Three Pigeons over against the Exchange, and at his House in Pudding-lane, at the sign of the Golden Ball, where he teaches the mathematical art." <ref>http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=eebo;idno=A47139.0001.001</ref>   
 
}}This is the only mathematical work of which there is any evidence that George Keith wrote. Its complexity shows some familiarity with high level geometry possibly stemming from Keith's background as a surveyor. <ref>"George Keith Missionary," last modified August 16th, 2015,  http://ca.wow.com/wiki/George_Keith_(missionary) </ref> The book was "printed for the author, and are to be had at the Three Pigeons over against the Exchange, and at his House in Pudding-lane, at the sign of the Golden Ball, where he teaches the mathematical art." <ref>http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=eebo;idno=A47139.0001.001</ref>   
  
Mr. Keith preached in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1703, and left behind his daughter, Anne, who had likewise returned to the Anglican fold.  Keith's Exhortation foreshadowed "the major religious themes of nineteenth-century abolitionism." Keith traveled to New Jersey to take the post of Surveyor-General. <ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1686 he ran the first survey to mark out the border between West Jersey and East Jersey. <ref> http://ca.wow.com/wiki/George_Keith_(missionary) </ref>
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Mr. Keith preached in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1703, and left behind his daughter, Anne, who had likewise returned to the Anglican fold.  Keith's Exhortation foreshadowed "the major religious themes of nineteenth-century abolitionism."<ref>  Keith, George (1693). An Exhortation & Caution to Friends Concerning Buying or Keeping of Negroes. </ref> Keith traveled to New Jersey to take the post of Surveyor-General. <ref>"George Keith Missionary," last modified August 16th, 2015,  http://ca.wow.com/wiki/George_Keith_(missionary) </ref> In 1686 he ran the first survey to mark out the border between West Jersey and East Jersey. <ref> Ibid. </ref>
  
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==

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by George Keith

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This is the only mathematical work of which there is any evidence that George Keith wrote. Its complexity shows some familiarity with high level geometry possibly stemming from Keith's background as a surveyor. [1] The book was "printed for the author, and are to be had at the Three Pigeons over against the Exchange, and at his House in Pudding-lane, at the sign of the Golden Ball, where he teaches the mathematical art." [2]

Mr. Keith preached in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1703, and left behind his daughter, Anne, who had likewise returned to the Anglican fold. Keith's Exhortation foreshadowed "the major religious themes of nineteenth-century abolitionism."[3] Keith traveled to New Jersey to take the post of Surveyor-General. [4] In 1686 he ran the first survey to mark out the border between West Jersey and East Jersey. [5]

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

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References

  1. "George Keith Missionary," last modified August 16th, 2015, http://ca.wow.com/wiki/George_Keith_(missionary)
  2. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=eebo;idno=A47139.0001.001
  3. Keith, George (1693). An Exhortation & Caution to Friends Concerning Buying or Keeping of Negroes.
  4. "George Keith Missionary," last modified August 16th, 2015, http://ca.wow.com/wiki/George_Keith_(missionary)
  5. Ibid.