The Presbyterian pastor, David Evans' Aliquot Rudimenta Philosophiae is a devout and typical early-modern text in logic and natural philosophy. Written meticulously with an introduction dated November 23, 1747, the manuscript consists of four major parts bound together with separate pagination, the Compendium Technologiae, and compendia on Logic, Rhetoric, and Nature. Evans provides copious references to other works in the field that reflect Evans' American education and theological predilections, including Charles Morton's "English Physics," Cotton Mather's Christian Philosopher, William Gravesande's Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy.