Abacus
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Identifier: Historic Hope Plantation
Abacus in wood frame (HOA 8 3/4" WOA 7 3/4"). Ten horizontal wires in turned wood frame with round finials on top of side supports. Top wire has ten red beads strung on it. The next wire has nine red beads and one white one, the reds continue to decrease one by one. The white increases by one for each following wire, the bottom wire having nine white beads and one red one. English or American, first quarter 19th C.$http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction/artifact.aspx?id=hajdate: 1800-1825; creator:  more...
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Abacus in wood frame (HOA 8 3/4" WOA 7 3/4"). Ten horizontal wires in turned wood frame with round finials on top of side supports. Top wire has ten red beads strung on it. The next wire has nine red beads and one white one, the reds continue to decrease one by one. The white increases by one for each following wire, the bottom wire having nine white beads and one red one. English or American, first quarter 19th C.$http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction/artifact.aspx?id=hajdate: 1800-1825; creator:  
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Historic Hope Plantation
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North Carolina History and Fiction Collection
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Historic Hope Plantation

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