A catechism geographicall, historical and chronologicall 1719

Notebook of unlined pages with paper marbled cover holding a handwritten copy of Tutor Flynt's "Catechism" likely copied by Harvard student John Wolcott in 1719. The volume lists questions and accompanying answers on various academic subjects. On the last page, the inscription "John Wolcott [the name is crossed over] his geography, 1719" indicates Wolcott (1702-1747), a member of the Harvard class of 1721, copied the book.

Caput Primum Of ye Recognita of Geography. -- Chap: 2d: Of Europe. -- Chapter ye Third, Of England. -- Chapter ye fourth of France. -- Chapter 5th Of Germany. -- Chapr: VIth Of Italy. -- Chap: VII. Of Spain & Portugall. -- Chapr: VIII. Of the Turkish Empire In Europe. -- Chapr: The IXth Of Asia. -- Chapr: ye Xth Of Syria. Chapr: ye XIth of Arabia. -- Chap: 12th of Diarbeck [Turkey]. -- Chapr: 13th Of Turcomania [Iraq] or of Armenia Major. -- Chapr: 14th: Of Persia. -- Chapr: ye 15th: Of Egypt.

by Henry Flynt Fellow of Harvard Colledge at Cambridge in N. England,

Manuscript.

Title transcribed from document.

Copy by John Wolcott, A. B. 1721.

Gift of Charles Brown, Esq. of Boston, Rec'd Aug. 24, 1846.

John Cabot (1745-1821), (Harvard AB 1763) owned the volume in 1762. The names Joshua Orne and Alex Sears Hill, two members of the Harvard Class of 1764, are written on the inside cover (an additional name beginning "Samuel" is unclear).

There is another manuscript copy of Flynt's Catechism in the Harvard University Archives copied by H. Abbot 1718/19 (Call number: HUC 8719.338).

Henry Flynt (1675-1760, Harvard AB 1693) was one of Harvard's longest serving faculty members. Flynt was appointed a Harvard tutor in 1699 and continued in that position until his resignation in 1754. He also served on the Board of Overseers and as a Fellow of the College.