Latin exercise book of James Baker, 1759-1760

Small notebook kept by James Baker in the late 1750s; the dates 1755, 1756, and 1758 were written in the book. The volume contains Latin theses, Latin translations from the Book of Genesis, and three pages of English text recording an argument about the soul. The notebook has a string binding and pages of different size. The text does not appear to follow a system of organization and includes scribbles and struck-out words.

Title supplied by cataloger. The pages are fragile.

James Baker (1739-1825), a chocolate manufacturer, was born on September 5, 1739 in Dorchester, Mass. He received an AB from Harvard in 1760 and an AM in 1763. Baker initially studied both theology and medicine before opening a general store in Dorchester. In 1771, Baker began a successful chocolate manufacturing business. Baker retired in 1801 and died on January 2, 1825.