True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-12-24


The Eth Edihomo. \
ROWIETTS TABLES OF INTEREST:
TITO winch is new a'iNed Al, Average ine '"'s.'
4 ter or easy methods for Einiing he average time
on sto#gr ro1es of haad or bills of goods, when lui-
chased different dates different credits a"d Tor
various alon,r: he7ee useful ard complete banking
Time Ia e the hesi ihal be c0Hriytd. NJ that r.
CURES ean pr ,,ce within the condcseHa comiass
and size Of, pc.
An a verise,en, in the book is in nearly the follow
ing wnras
the legislative acts rrefxed to the title page, re-
comnlerd.tion in itself, so nncommon. and eone-
sive, III noing is necessary tlan ly way OF adj
ye,tsemen to givea condensed view of o! its pc
caritics:as fer nsanee The interest has been compos
ed from, and compared with, Whist is equivalent to tonr-
sets et ealcnls'one, examined in the press thirty.
fve tines and printed from tcreo'ype plates tested
thryiyone times, from AL which it mns be evident
even the skeptic Especially tho pc sonal o,he de-
tul Of proof in the preface) that the wc,k must lie arh
mctically intaible and in confirmation of this clica
premium OF two hundred and flltv dollars is offer
cd for the detection Of ola cent in the present
or fifth edition. as expressed in tic preface, making five
large premnns offered for the since the first
publication in the wear 1909.
One af tho conspicuous features Of the tables is
in the arrangement of the Time and Amounts WHICH
for expe'i,ns reference ond perpieity, with The help
of the side an@ index cannot he exceed and the salty
ty and with which the interest be found to the
extent OF general business, without doubling OF sums
is hesids convenience essential, THAT in the estlma-
ton OF some n the most competent and prac cal bust
men and public off ers who have made great use
Of the work. il has been distinguished by tho honorable
appellaon cfGta "master p,ace' And considering
the intaIlihiliy of the method originally adopted in
composing the work, and the extraordinary lumber and
variety OF the examinations, and tests OF every edition 1t
has passedin The press Notwithstanding the whole is in
stereotype, considering in slot. he positive accuracy
secured by the unprecedented means EMPLOY oil, the vo-
lume has heen held up and em;hacally styled i" the
most wonderful book in the wasik;' most certainly
= man figure work of the same extent which
since the beginning OF creation has had the same Num-
Der variety of tests in the number OF editors;
no, nor one half the number, as is clearly shown in the
If preface.
II Resides test and standard, ithas been tried and
, proceed in nearly all the hank and pn'c offices in the
- United States, and by the public generally. during the
long period Of thst, five yet no error OF The cal
culations has been found print, although continue
ally challenged by the offer of very large pre- minms
. The book u fact expressly adopted by all the courts
/, law 81 several the States the " rate OF calculation
for interest" also by law for bank interest
IS according the book is used and as nay he seen N
70 part by Of hc subscribers and few OF lac
subsequent, purchasers, inte list at the end OF the book
sin possession every Gloss OF citizens in every quar-
/. te of The Unit ed States.
W. 1t is moreover well known that, by its rearly check
t it has oc'etc large errors, long alter they wer.
,e made, hv the most careful and most comreen
ali,hme,ciaus lat its usefulness, and the absolute ne
A. cessy for its usr have been extensively insisted upon
IN SO evident incecd have been its advantages, and II
g. savings, that, seyerl ycarsae" whilst the first editor
cs scarce and Of pru,,a great Lumber OF sccon'
lie hand copies sought or some to gre distance
and purcrascd at various prices, AS they could occasion
ally DO picked mp at from so to : % per COPY, ~
e, some persons have reecny DELAYED aud instance
could he quoted that they would pay $50, sl0o aud $50
u for copy, lfnot be had fer less, AVID IN nd''dua
5, in the latter instance particularly having nj the sam
r lime rxbicd satisfactory proa To several persons pre-
DIS sent that to him it really worth that money an
DIS TN orsh the saving of Ills varahlc time, II
lie being very rich manaud in rnhlic Office.
'l 1t is likewise worthy OF not &c, mud indeed proper
IA mpre =, that such is the nature of gne work general
t and especially when OF the extent and importance