The Instructor, or, American 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, with copies both in prose and verse. How to write letters on business or friendship. Forms of deeds, bonds, bills of sale, powers of attorney, indentures, receipts, wills, leases, releases, &c. Also merchants account, and a short and easy method of shop and bookkeeping with a description of the product, counties and market towns in England and Wales, &c. Together with the method of measuring carpenters, joiners, sawyers, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers, masons, glaziers, and painters work. ... Likewise, the practical gauger, made easy the art of dialling, ... with instructions for dying, colouring, and making colours and some general observations for gardening every month of the year. To which is added, The family's best companion: with instructions for marking on linen: how to pickle and preserve: to make divers sorts of wine: and many excellent plasters, and medicines, necessary in all families: And a compendium of the sciences of geography and astronomy containing, a brief description of the different parts of the earth, and a survey of the celestial bodies. Also several very useful tables. By George Fisher, accomptant
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The Instructor, or, American 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, with copies both in prose and verse. How to write letters on business or friendship. Forms of deeds, bonds, bills of sale, powers of attorney, indentures, receipts, wills, leases, releases, &c. Also merchants account, and a short and easy method of shop and bookkeeping with a description of the product, counties and market towns in England and Wales, &c. Together with the method of measuring carpenters, joiners, sawyers, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers, masons, glaziers, and painters work. ... Likewise, the practical gauger, made easy the art of dialling, ... with instructions for dying, colouring, and making colours and some general observations for gardening every month of the year. To which is added, The family's best companion: with instructions for marking on linen: how to pickle and preserve: to make divers sorts of wine: and many excellent plasters, and medicines, necessary in all families: And a compendium of the sciences of geography and astronomy containing, a brief description of the different parts of the earth, and a survey of the celestial bodies. Also several very useful tables. By George Fisher, accomptant
Name: The Instructor, or, American 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, with copies both in prose and verse. How to write letters on business or friendship. Forms of deeds, bonds, bills of sale, powers of attorney, indentures, receipts, wills, leases, releases, &c. Also merchants account, and a short and easy method of shop and bookkeeping with a description of the product, counties and market towns in England and Wales, &c. Together with the method of measuring carpenters, joiners, sawyers, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers, masons, glaziers, and painters work. ... Likewise, the practical gauger, made easy the art of dialling, ... with instructions for dying, colouring, and making colours and some general observations for gardening every month of the year. To which is added, The family's best companion: with instructions for marking on linen: how to pickle and preserve: to make divers sorts of wine: and many excellent plasters, and medicines, necessary in all families: And a compendium of the sciences of geography and astronomy containing, a brief description of the different parts of the earth, and a survey of the celestial bodies. Also several very useful tables. By George Fisher, accomptant
Barcode: 2797
Image Number: 2797
Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/2797.0001
Author: Fisher, George
Date Produced: 1794
Language: English
Dimensions: 18 cm
Physical Description: 384 pages, 5 leaves of plates (1 folded): illustrated
Notes: Published also under title: The American instructor or, Young man's best companion; Attributed to Mrs. Slack by Evans, Amer. bibl., no. 27706; Has been erroneously ascribed to A. Fisher. Cf. Brit. Mus. Catalogue Halkett and Laing Archaeologia aeliana, 3rd ser., v. 3, 17 and 18
Includes index
LC Call Number: AG104.F48 1794
OCLC: 13632490
Accession Number: SM-1794-10
Donor: Smith
