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The american negotiator , or the various currencies of the British colonies in America; as well the islands, as the continent. The Currencies of Nova Scotia, Canada, New England, New York, East Jersey, Pensylvania, West Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, &c. And of the Islands of Barbadoes, Jamaica, St. Christophers, Antigua, Nevis, Montserrat, &c. Reduced into English money, by a series of tables suited to the several Exchanges between the Colonies and Britain, adapted to all the Variations that from Time to Time have, or may happen. With Tables reducing the current Money of the Kingdom of Ireland into Sterling, and the contrary, at all the Variations of Exchange. Also, A Chain of Tables for the interchangeable Reduction of the Currencies of the Colonies into each other. And many other useful Tables relating to the Trade in America. By J. Wright, accomptant.
Wright, John, accomptant.Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]
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Interest at one view , calculated to a farthing: at 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 per cent. For 1000 L. to 1 L. for 1 Day to 96 Days; and for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 Months. With Rules and Examples to cast up Interest at any Rate, by the said Tables. Also a Concise Table, whereby to cast up Salaries and Wages speedily, and others of great Use in receiving and paying of Money. The second edition, with additions. Carefully calculated and examined from the press, by Richard Hayes, Accomptant and Writing-Master, in Prince's-Street near the Bank of England. To which is added, a curious table whereby standard gold and silver, in bars, is compared with the courses of exchange between Amsterdam and London.
Hayes, Richard, accomptant and writing-master.Date: MDCCXXXVI. [1736]
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A valuable assistant to every man: or, The American clerk's magazine . Containing the most useful and necessary forms of writings, which commonly occur between man and man ... By Samuel Freeman, Esq; author of the Town officer, and Probate auxiliary. Published according t act of Congress.
Freeman, Samuel, 1743-1831.Date: 1794
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Reduction of the exchange, between England and Holland . ... Very proper & serviceable for all merchants, book-keepers & merchants-servants. Calculated and put in order by a friend and lover of trade.
Date: 1759
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A calculation of foreign exchanges , as transacted on the Royal Exchange of London: or, tables, shewing at once, or by a few additions, any sum of English money reduced into foreign species, and likewise any Sum of Foreign Species reduced into English Money, by Way of Exchange, at the several Prices, as from Time to Time the Exchange may Rise or Fall. By Edward Oldenburgh, merchant. The third edition. Calculated for the present Course of Exchange; with some New Tables. With several additions prefixed to each particular Table, shewing how Books and Accounts are kept at each Place; and likewise in what Money Exchanges are usually drawn, Real as well as Imaginary; with the Method how to make the Operation, by The Rule of Three, in the plainest and most concise Manner. By the same Hand.
Oldenburgh, Edward.Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]
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Lex mercatoria rediviva or, a complete code of commercial law. Being a general guide to all men in business; Whether as Traders, Remitters, Owners, Freighters, Captains, Insurers, Brokers, Factors, Super Cargoes, or Agents. With an account of our mercantile companies; our colonies and factories abroad; our commercial treaties with foreign powers; the duty of consuls, and of the laws concerning aliens, naturalization, and denization. To which is added, a sketch of the Present state of the commerce of the whole world; describing the Manufactures and Products of each particular Nation; with Tables of Correspondence, and Agreement of their respective Coins, Weights and Measures. also the Net Import Duties Payable in Ireland; And Duties on Goods, Wares and Merchandize, Imported into the United States of America. Compiled from the works of the most celebrated British and foreign commercial writers. The Whole equally calculated for the Information and Service of the Merchant, Lawyer, Member of Parliament, and private Gentleman. By the late Wyndham Beawes, Esq. His Britannic Majesty's Consul at Seville and St. Lucar. The sixth edition, considerably enlarged and improved, by Thomas Mortimer, Esq. Formerly his Majesty's Vice-Consul at Ostend. In two volumes.
Wyndham BeawesDate: MDCCXCV. [1795]
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The new practical navigator being an epitome of navigation; containing the different methods of working the lunar observations, and all the requisite tables used with the nautical almanac, in determining the latitude and longitude; and keeping a complete reckoning at sea: illustrated by proper rules and examples: the whole exemplified in a journal kept from England to the island of Teneriffe ... The first American, from the thirteenth English edition of John Hamilton Moore. Improved by the introduction of several new tables, and by large additions to the forme tables, and revised and corrected by a skilful mathematician and navigator. Illustrated with copper-plates. To which are added, some general instructions and information to merchants, masters of vessels, and others concerned in navigation, relative to the mercantile and maritime laws and customs.
Moore, John Hamilton, d. 1807.Date: [1800]
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The young gentleman and lady's assistant partly original, but chiefly compiled from the works of the most celebrated modern authors; calculated to instruct youth in the priciples of useful knowledge: in five parts, viz. geography, natural-history, elocution, poetry, --and miscellany. To which is annexed --a short system of practical arithmetic; wherein every example is wrought at large, and the whole, including the money of the United States, rendered easy to the meanest capacity. This work, is divided into small sections for the convenience of schools. By Donald Fraser, school-master, New-York.
Fraser, Donald, 1755?-1820.Date: M,DCC,XCI. [1791]
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A collection of tables . I. A table shewing the value of any number of pounds, shillings and pence in dollars and cents, from one cent to ten thousand dollars. II. A table of the weight and value of coins as they now pass in the respective states of the union, with their sterling and federal value. III. A table of the money of the United States. IV. Tables of interest at six and seven per cent. per annum. With several other useful tables. Calculated by Joseph Lippincott.
Lippincott, Joseph.Date: M,DCC,XCII. [1792]
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Tables of the Grecian, Roman and Jewish measures, weights and coins reduc'd to the English standard. Humbly dedicated to His Royal Highness the Prince: by His Royal Highnesses dutifull servant Jo. Arbuthnott MD.
Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735.Date: 1705
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Tables of the several European exchanges viz. From London to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Antwerp Paris, Bourdeaux, &c. Madrid, Cadiz, &c. Lisbon, Porto, &c. Genoa and Leghorn Hamburgh Bremen, and other Parts of Germany Venice Petersburgh Dublin, Cork, &c. and from Dublin to London - From Amsterdam, Rotterdam, &c. to London Paris, &c. Madrid, Cadiz, &c. Lisbon, Porto, &c. Genoa and Leghorn Hamburgh Petersburgh Bank Money of Holland reduced into Current Money Current Money of Holland reduced into Bank Money From Paris, Bourdeaux, &c. to London Amsterdam, &c. Madrid, &c. Lisbon, &c. Genoa and Leghorn - From Madrid, Cadiz, &c. &c. London Amsterdam, &c. Paris, &c. Lisbon, &c. Genoa and Leghorn - From Lisbon and Porto to London Amsterdam, &c. Paris, &c. Madrid, &c. Genoa and Leghorn Hamburgh From Genoa to London Amsterdam, &c. Paris, &c. Madrid, Cadiz, &c. Lisbon, &c. - From Leghorn to London Amsterdam, &c. Paris, &c. Madrid, Cadiz, &c. Lisbon, &c. - From Hamburgh to London Amsterdam Lisbon, &c. - From Bremen to London - From Venice to London - From Petersburgh to Amsterdam and London Shewing by inspection, the value of any sum of money in all the principal places of Europe, at the different Prices to which the Courses of Exchange may rise or fall. And Describing in what Money, real or imaginary, Books and Accounts are usually kept, and Bills are drawn at each Place, with the plain Method of Calculation by the Rule of Three. Also Tables equating the Monies of the different Provinces of Spain with each other. To which is prafixed, An Account of the Usancis, or Times at which Bills are drawn, from the several Places, together with the Days of Grace, allowed in each. By Phineas Barrett, Merchant, at Lisbon.
Barrett, PhineasDate: 1771
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The Federal ready reckoner; or Trader's valuable guide, in purchasing and selling all kinds of articles, by wholesale and retail . Calculated in the federal currency. Shewing, at one view, the amount of any number or quantity of articles, goods, &c. from one mill, or the tenth part of a cent, to two dollars, in dollars, cents and mills. To which are added, I. A table, shewing the value of any number of cents, from one to one hundred in shillings, pence and farthings. II. A table, shewing, at one view, the value of foreign gold, from one grain to twenty pennyweights, in dollars and cents, and in pounds, shillings and pence. III. A table of interest, at six per cent. calculated in the federal currency, and in pounds, shillings, &c. for any term of time, from one month to twelve months, and for any sum, from one dollar to ten thousand.
Date: MDCCXCV
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The merchant's magazine; or Factor's guide . Containing, great variety of plain and easy tables for the speedy casting up of all sorts of merchandize, sold either by number, weight, or measure; and for reducing sterling money into currency at sundry rates; with tables of interest and rebate, and of the value of gold and silver in Virginia: also tables shewing the amount of any quantity of goods at almost any per cent. advance on the prime cost, and for finding the nett duties on tobacco from one pound to fifty thousand pounds. To which is added, some tables of per cents. on transfer notes, the whole applied throughout to trade and merchandize. By Robert Biscoe, of Lancaster County.
Biscoe, Robert, d. 1747.Date: M.DCC.XLIII. [1743]
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Lex mercatoria rediviva or, a complete code of commercial law. Being a general guide to all men in business, Whether AS Traders, Remitters, Owners, Freighters, Captains, Insurers, Brokers, Factors, Supercargoes, OR Agents. With an account of our mercantile companies; of our colonies and factories abroad; of our Commercial Treaties with Foreign Powers; of the duty of consuls, and of the Laws concerning Aliens, Naturalization, and Denization. To Which IS Added, a sketch of the present state of the commerce o the whole world; describing the Manufactures and Products of each particular Nation; with Tables of the Correspondence and Agreement of their respective Coins, Weights, and Measures. Compiled from the works of the most celebrated British And Foreign Commercial writers. The whole equally calculated for the Information and Service of the Merchant, Lawyer, Member of Parliament, and private Gentleman. By the late Wyndham Beawes, Esq; His Britannick Majesty's Consul at Seville and St. Lucar. The fifth edition, considerably enlarged, and improved, by Thomas Mortimer, Esq; Formerly his Majesty's Vice Consul at Ostend.
Wyndham BeawesDate: MDCCXCII. [1792]
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The ready reckoner , or, The trader's useful assistant, in buying and selling all sorts of commodities, either wholesale or retail. Shewing, at one view, the amount or value of any number or quantity of goods or merchandise, from half a farthing to 20s. either by the long or short hundred, half hundred, or quarter, pound or ounce, ell or yard, &c. &c.--In so plain and easy a manner, that a person, quite unacquainted with arithmetick, may hereby ascertain the value of any number of hundreds, pounds, ounces, ells or yards, &c. at any price whatever.--To the most read in figures it will be equally useful, by casting up what is here correctly done to their hand. To which is added, a table of simple and compound interest. By Daniel Fenning.
Daniel FenningDate: [1794]
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Interest at one view , calculated to a farthing: at 2 1/2, 3, 3 1/2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 per cent. For 1000l. to 1l. for 1 day to 96 days; ... The sixteenth edition, with additions. Carefully calculated and examined from the press, by Richard Hayes. To which is added, a concise table, whereby to cast up salaries ..
Hayes, Richard, accomptant and writing-master.Date: 1789
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Lex mercatoria rediviva or, the merchant's directory. Being a compleat guide to all men in business, Whether AS Traders, Remitters, Owners, Freighters, Captains, Insurers, Brokers, Factors, Supercargoes, Agents. Containing an account of our trading companies and colonies, with their Establishments, and an Abstract of their Charters; the duty of consuls, and the Laws subsisting about Aliens, Naturalization and Denization. To Which IS Added a state of the present general traffick of the whole world, describing the Manufactures and Products of each particular Nation: And Tables of the Correspondence and Agreement of the European Coins, Weights, and Measures, with the Addition of all others that are known. Extracted fro the works of the best writers both at Home and Abroad; more especially from those justly celebrated ones of Messieurs Savary; improved and corrected by the author's own observations, during his long Continuance in Trade. The whole calculated for the Use and Service of the Merchant, Lawyer, Senator, and Gentleman. By Wyndham Beawes, Merchant.
Wyndham BeawesDate: M.DCC.LIV. [1754]
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The ready reckoner , or, Trader's useful assistant, adapted to the use of all who deal by wholesale or retail. Exhibiting at one view, the amount or value of any number or quantity of goods or merchandize, from one up to ten thousand, at the various prices from 1 farthing to 1 pound. To which are prefixed, I. A table of interest at six per cent. II. A table of the weight & value of coins, as they pass in the respective states of the Union, with their sterling and federal value. III. A table shewing the amount of cents, &c.
Daniel FenningDate: 1798
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Interest at one view , calculated to a farthing: At 3, 3 1/2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 per Cent. For 1000 L. to 1 L. for 1 Day to 96 Days; and for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Months. With Rules and Examples to cast up Interest at any Rate, by the said Tables. Also a Concise Table, whereby to cast up Salaries and Wages speedily, and others of great Use in receiving and paying of Money. The third edition, with additions. Carefully calculated and examined from the press, by Richard Hayes, Accomptant and Writing-Master in Prince's-Street, near the Bank of England. To which is added, A Curious Table whereby Standard Gold and Silver, in Bars, is compared with the Courses of Exchange between Amsterdam and London.
Hayes, Richard, accomptant and writing-master.Date: MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]
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The Massachusetts justice being a collection of the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relative to the power and duty of justices of the peace. Alphabetically arranged, in two parts. Part I. --The power and duty of the justices of the Court of General Sessions o the peace. Part II. --The power and duty of justices of the peace, in their separate capacity. To which are added, under the proper heads, a variety of forms, grounded on said laws. The whole intended for the use of those who practise in the office of a justice, to assist them in the various dutie thereto belonging. With an appendix, containing short and concise rules for changing pounds, shillings, pence and farthings, into dollars, cents and milles, which a late law has introduced as the money of account.-- Also, rules for computing interest in such money, and sundry useful tables respecting the same. To all which an index is annexed. By Samuel Freeman, Esq. compiler of the Town officer, Probate auxiliary, and American clerk's magazine. --Published according to act of Congress.--.
Freeman, Samuel, 1743-1831.Date: 1795
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An Exact table to bring old tenor into lawful money . Also a table to know the value of pistoles, guineas, johannes, and double johannes, moydores, English crowns, half-crowns, shillings, and copper half-pence, at the rate of dollars at six shillings a piece, at which invariable value they are fixed by a late act of this government. The act to be in force from and after the 31st of March 1750.
Date: 1750
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The ready reckoner or Trader's useful assistant, in buying and selling all sorts of commodities either wholesale or retail. Shewing at one view the amount or value of any number or quantity of goods or merchandise from half a farthing to twenty shilling, either by the long or short hundred, half hundred or quarter, pound or ounce, ell or yard, &c. &c. In so plain and easy a manner, that persons quite unacquainted with arithmetic may hereby ascertain the value or any number of hundreds, pounds, ounces, ells or yards, &c. at any price whatever: and to the most ready in figures, it will be equally useful by saving much time in casting up what is here correctly done to their hand. To which is added, a table of simple and compound interest. By Daniel Fenning,[.].
Daniel FenningDate: [1785?]
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The trader's pocket companion containing, correct tables, ready calculated, of universal use to merchants, shopkeepers, mechanicks, and to all other persons in any kind of business. A Table calculated, to shew at one View, the Value of any Quantity of Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, at any Price, adapted to all Capacities: and its particular, general, and extensive Use, shewn by many, and various Examples. A Table of universal Use, demonstrated, by the Solution of various Questions in Multiplication, Division, Reduction, Merchandising, measuring Superficies and Solids, Ganging, Surveying, &c. Twenty-Five Geometrical Problems, with their assigned Figures, applied to Measuring, Gauging, Surveying, &c. A Table calculated, to discover at one View, the different Discompts upon any of the Branches of the Customs, upon imported Goods, from one Farthing upwards. A Table for the more easy reckoning Salaries or Wages, by discovering, at one View, what any yearly Salary, Wages, or Estate, amounts to, by the Month, Week, or Day: and contrary, what any daily Salary amounts to by the Week, Month, or Year. A Table for casting up Interest at any Rate, for any Number of Days. The Rates and Fares of Coachmen, Carmen, and Watermen, with their Rules and Restrictions. By John Hewitt, Accomptant: Author of the Tables of Simple Interest, Corn Dealer's Assistant, &c.
Hewitt, JohnDate: [1738]
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A system of exchange with almost all parts of the world . To which is added, The India directory, for purchasing the drugs and spices of the East-Indies, &c. Published for the editors.
James, JosephDate: 1800
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A table shewing , at all the Variations of Exchange therein express'd, what Profit arises to the Exporter of our Gold Species, by leaving our Gold in Holland, and taking Bills of Exchange for it, on London.
Date: 1718?]