The instructor: or, American young man's best companion. [electronic resource] : Containing, spellin...
The instructor: or, American 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 deeds ... 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 genera observations for gardening every month in the year. To which is added, the family's best companion ... And a compendium of the sciences of geography and astronomy ... Also, several very useful tables. By George Fisher, accomptant.
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Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts : by Isaiah Thomas, for I. Thomas, in Worcester; J. Boyle, E. Battelle, W. Green, B. Larkin, and J. Condy, in Boston, MDCCLXXXV. [1785] (Price bound 6s)
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MDCCLXXXV. [1785] (Price bound 6s)
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xii, [1], 14-384 p., 4, [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 12°.
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Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts : by Isaiah Thomas, for I. Thomas, in Worcester; J. Boyle, E. Battelle, W. Green, B. Larkin, and J. Condy, in Boston, MDCCLXXXV. [1785] (Price bound 6s)
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The thirtieth edition, revised, corrected, enlarged and improved.
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MDCCLXXXV. [1785] (Price bound 6s)
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The instructor: or, American 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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Erroneously attributed to Ann Fisher Slack in Halkett & Laing.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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ESTC W20542.
Alston, IV.390.
Evans, 19244.
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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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74Vvewl24RN3
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