The American instructor: or, Young man's best companion. [electronic resource] : Containing, spellin...
The American instructor: or, Young man's best companion. [electronic resource] : 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' 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: shewing how to measure carpenters ... and painters work ... 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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Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, at the new-printing-office, in Market-Street, 1748.
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1748.
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English
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v,[1],378p., [5]leaves of plates (1folded) : ill. ; 12°.
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Publisher
Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, at the new-printing-office, in Market-Street, 1748.
Edition
The ninth edition revised and corrected.
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United States of America
Date Published
1748.
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The American instructor: or, Young man's best companion. [electronic resource] : 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...
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American editors' preface signed: Vale & Fruere.
Erroneously attributed to Ann Fisher Slack in Halkett & Laing.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
Citation / References Note
ESTC W11564.
Alston, IV.364.
Evans, 6238.
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1062.
Miller, C.W. Franklin, 439.
Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 31.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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74VKpeAXNOod
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