True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-09-26

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ROWIETT'S TABLES OF INTEREST,";
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on Storage notes OF IaAtf Or bills of goods. when ,-
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cures can pr 'l'sc within the contleseud COMPASS
and size otNpe.
Ana 'e1isrmen, in tlcbook is in nearly the follow
ing words:
The high distinction this work has received ,hro,
INC zen acts p'tXe I" the title page is re-
COMMUNICATION in itself uncommon. and 80 eonclu-
'e, '" ''"'h'''g Is necessary than hv WAY OF a,-
'e!'s:e" TO gives condensed vi.w Of some OF its ne
c'liaiesa ter instance, the Intcres, has hecn conn, s
''l from, and compared with, what is equivalent tn four
cen sets e eac'la'ione, examined in the uress ,i,,
NE u" es' an" Pr'ed from tcreo,ype plates tested
''!N zone tunes, from al which il n.nsi b.. eviden,
even 10 the skeptc tho ne son.l oftht de-
tan proof IN the retHce tina, the wcrk mus, he nri,l
net'cail! ta'iie e. and in contirn,aou of his b,rf
premium o, '"o hundred and tttv dollars is now offer.
cti tor me detection OF error u cent in III,
or hlh e'''t'" as expressed in the preface max nr f,.
large premiums offered for the same error sure h. first
| publication in the year lStI2
me VI mo most conspicuous features Of the tables is
.h'he arrangement ni the Time and Amounts Which,
Tor expe''s, reference nn perspcni,, with the he,,
OF e size ann index, cnno, he cXceilea and the sat,,
" an" ease With which the incrGsi can bt found 10 th,
cS'e". OF general business, wnnt doubling OF sum.
's"esn's convenience essential that in liz es,Im,-
ton ut some I" 'he most competent ant, nr;,, cal b,s
ness men and public off who have made great ust
OF the work, has been distinguished M tho hoolabl.
arpe"",m 10, Ct "fa 'n'aster pace''. And considering
'He 'h'a''"tv ~ The meIho, originally a,ieted il
CONFUSING the work, and The extraordinary lumber an,
variety I" me examinations and tests of every edition il
has passed v" the l'rss en~ MISLEADING The " hole is !,
le' CONSIDERING in s6 {. hr positive accuracy
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lu'"e has 'etn held up and enthusiastically s,,,e, /" III.
mos. w"n' 'fnl hook in The six" most ceyiaiul, n
ma" CT" nan:a figure work OF the same extent, wcl
,"te 'c S'"n"c OF ciratln' has had the same ma,.
htr ans variety NJ tests IN the same number of editors
no. 'r one hall the number, rs i. cl.a,. shown in III,
preface.
Resides, as,cst and Standard it has brcn ,ric,, am,
rreo IN ntari! all The hank and public -iccs in tic
ME" states, AMI iN the rnlic g'mernsl> during III,
i"nsl"ind 1t dirty five re,rs ,ei NO ,r of Inc cal,
cn':nhs las ever /" en- nu, in PRINT, = ri, cm,in,.
''i' ci'a''t,s'd b.! tic offer of very lar in. mi,,:ns
he no'N's ~ lac, expressly Adopted b, all the eour,s
III IN" q several OF The States the rate OF calculation
Tor Nalt!te Interest," /" also BY law for bank inrps,
according rs the book is used, and as urar lie seen ia
part, by names Of the Subscribers and few of h.,
subsequent purchasers, in,hc list a, thu end If tho book
Is III pos csSi'n Ct every cuss ui citizens in ever, ua
| tt nt the Unit Ell States.
1t moreover we'll known that, by its re4,rlv check.
has so tr'. large errors, long after The, were
iH'3', even ny the most careful arl NEST cnme,e,,,
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cess',y tor its uss have been extensively insisted IN n,
so evident, incec iavc been its Advantages aud its
savings, that sc,crrl years ago, whilst the first edition
"s scarce and ont OF PRINT, great Lumber Of second
hand copies were sought i"r - gre .sla,,c.
and p'crasrd Il various prices, AS they could .vc,so,-
ally no picked up at from Snln Us l,rr copv, AMI
some persons have Recon. drcla,rI aud instances
c"l' be quoted that th! would pa! $50, si" ami $500
for copy, It mott" be Lad fer less, and ,n Individual
in the letter instance particularly, ,vng \, the same
lime r.!''bitc satisfactory % several persons ,c-
sent thai to him it was really worth ,ha. money and
more TIN "'gh the saving Of his valuable tuc, he
being Yer. rich and in tblic office.
Ii is likewise worthy Of moi ce mud indeed proper to
imie r, that such Is the nature OF gue work generally
and Especially when OF the extent aud importance Of
these Ia los, that had this hook Or its like boon ure,ar-
e'' ~ the usual manner vOnc h> the most competent
calculator in the world and atiru arIs priut.ti most
callollly under his own correction of proof Sheets it
would, almoNto certainty, have been Hnsyf tor re-
e'e'sc ami dear 4 any price, as tire preface daliicI-
larlp explains But So perfect and valuable have the
stereotype plates of this wmklheen ma &C, that sec,,
them, ~ilhheir numerous and extraordinary examine
TONS, against lire, for the general benefit they ID,
=d.et'se"en') constantly kept !" place Of special
safety, except while use in printing
Ample directions to fl Il both banks and statute ;utor-
est with useful n"les. follow the preface which, in this
filth as j" The tive preceding editions, contain much ill.,
formation concerning the law FIJI nudes of compute
lug inter sts, lee DIT, s af n ace, nc.
1t remains only To remark ,l,u, notwithstanding TIL,
uncommorly costly work. which was published before
interest tables were inirc ii in dollars anil cents he
el, an almanac, has been exeusivel, AIT. ~ Iib.raIIv
pa,r"nse, il has not yet so much paid with interest,"
tee heavy loss Of uearly four thousand dollars beside
Years OF time from 1890 1905, sustained on the frs
edition OF 1000 oopes: arising chiefly from its biirs-
to-" at ,a! "e' a. az under price, to say n"ns Of
and sacrifice therefore, The author still relies Oh the
Iissennent ant, generosity of the pullc for connu.
ance Of preference aud patronage. Fur sale by the
P't"e'l al Booksellers IN Me United Slates.