An edition of The American instructor: or, Young man's best companion (1770)

The American instructor: or, Young man's best companion

Containing spelling, reading, writing and arithmetic, in an easier way than any yet published; and how to qualify any person for business, without the help of a master. Instructions to write variety of hands ... How to write letters on business or friendship. Forms of indenture ... releases, &c. Also merchants accompts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping; with a description of the several American colonies. Together with the carpenter's plain and exact rule ... Likewise the practical gauger made easy ... To which is added, the poor planter's physician ... and also, prudent advice to young tradesmen and dealers. The whole better adapted to these American colonies, than any other book of the like kind. By George Fisher, accomptant

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An edition of The American instructor: or, Young man's best companion (1770)

The American instructor: or, Young man's best companion

Containing spelling, reading, writing and arithmetic, in an easier way than any yet published; and how to qualify any person for business, without the help of a master. Instructions to write variety of hands ... How to write letters on business or friendship. Forms of indenture ... releases, &c. Also merchants accompts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping; with a description of the several American colonies. Together with the carpenter's plain and exact rule ... Likewise the practical gauger made easy ... To which is added, the poor planter's physician ... and also, prudent advice to young tradesmen and dealers. The whole better adapted to these American colonies, than any other book of the like kind. By George Fisher, accomptant

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Printed and sold by John Dunlap, at the newest printing-office, in Market-Street
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English
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390

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Handbooks, vade-mecums, Business mathematics
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Cover of: The American instructor: or, Young man's best companion.
The American instructor: or, Young man's best companion.: Containing, spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetick, in an easier way than any yet published; and how to qualify any person for business, without the help of a master. : Instructions to write variety of hands ... How to write letters on business or friendship. Forms of indentures ... releases, &c. : Also merchants accounts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping. : Together with a method of measuring carpenters ... and painters work ... : Likewise the practical gauger made easy ... and some general observations for gardening every month in the year. : With instructions how to pickle and preserve; to make divers sorts of wine; and many excellent plasters and medicines, necessary in all families. : A compendium of the sciences of geography and astronomy. Also some useful interest-tables.
1787, Printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank, in Market Street.
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Cover of: The American instructor: or, Young man's best companion
The American instructor: or, Young man's best companion: Containing spelling, reading, writing and arithmetic, in an easier way than any yet published; and how to qualify any person for business, without the help of a master. Instructions to write variety of hands ... How to write letters on business or friendship. Forms of indenture ... releases, &c. Also merchants accompts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping; with a description of the several American colonies. Together with the carpenter's plain and exact rule ... Likewise the practical gauger made easy ... To which is added, the poor planter's physician ... and also, prudent advice to young tradesmen and dealers. The whole better adapted to these American colonies, than any other book of the like kind. By George Fisher, accomptant
1770, Printed and sold by John Dunlap, at the newest printing-office, in Market-Street
in English - The fifteenth edition, revised and corrected.

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Edition Notes

Erroneously attributed to Ann Fisher Slack in Halkett & Laing.

American editors' preface signed: Vale & Fruere.

A re-issue, with cancelled title page, of the fourteenth edition, "Printed and sold by H. Gaine, at the Bible and Crown, in Hanover-Square, M,DCC,LXX." Gaine's advertisement on p. 390 is retained.

Evans 11859; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2528; Alston IV.379.

English short title catalogue, W11567.

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Philadelphia

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[2],v,[1],390p., [1]leaf of plates
Number of pages
390

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OL33058314M
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americaninstruct00fish

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