True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-06-12
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ROWLETTS TABLES OF INTEREST,":
V91O which is nc W adt'ca Average lime Calc,la-
Il tor easy methods for timing the average lime
on storage notes Of haad or bills Of goods. when ,,,-
chased different dates en itIercn, credits aud for
various amounts; besides useful and complete barking
lime Tale, the best That be courive, or that Fl.
cures produce within the s:.,ne coudesem comnass
and size oftype.
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ing words:
The high distinction this work has received through.
Inc ten acts preXed the title page is re-
commeHd%tinn in ITSELF nncomn,on an, So eon,h,-
sNe IN n"thlhg IS necessary more than by way of adj
Vetsement, to gSea condensed view of some of its pc-
car'ties:as fer instance, the Interest has been
eli from, and compared with, what is equivalent, to four
teen sets ri calculations, examined in the press thirty
NE tines, and printed from tereoype plates tes,t,
thIrlyty-cne t'hes from al which il mnsi b.. eviden,
even to the skepc Especially tho PC sona of the de-
tail ct proof IN The pretAce that the work must he ar,h-
meteay lntaible, and in confirmation of this belief
premium OF two hundred, and fifty dollars is now Offer
ca Tor me selection OF Of in the presen,
or l:,h edition, as expressed in preface making five
large premons offered, for the same error since the first
publication in the wear 1902
One OF tho most conspicuous features Of the tables is
nthe arrangement OF the Time aud Amounts, which
Tor expeditions reference ondperspiei,y, with the help
OF the side and index, cannot be cxcecA ant, the salty
y and ease with which the interest eau be found TO the
extent OF general business, without doubling Of sums
Is hes'tits convenience essential that in the es,Im-
ton OF some OF The most competent and prct cal bus-
ness men and public Off who have made e,.a, use
of the work, las been distinguished bv tho Lonol,
appela'Ion fofa "master poce". Aud considering
the 'n'ami'ty OF the method originally adopted in
composing the work, and The extraordinary lumber and
variety OF the examinations and tests of every edition i,
has passedn the press notwithstanding the whole is in
STEREOTYPE, considering in short. he positive accuracy
secured ny the unprecedented means emplo, cd, the
lume has heen held up and emphatirully syled the
most wonderful book in the wask" most certainly n,
man can names figure work oftl,e extent, which
since the beginning OF creation, has had the same nun.
Der ans variety OF tests in the same n',aer o editors:
no. NOR one half the NUMBER is CLEARLY show in the
! l,i,'iarc.
Resides. astest and standard, it has been tried and
rr' e"d N nearly all the bank and public cfircs in The
."e'' states, and b! the public generally. during the
long period Of thirty five re.rs vet no error Of s cal
c"''o"s las ever been found in print, although cou,l-
ally challenged by the offer of very large pre- miuns
he ho"Nis Il" Tact expressly adopted by all thu, roar,.
on Ia" q scSc'" o',he States AS the rate OF calculation
Tor statute interest,"" also by law for bank Interest
Are"'a'ins ms the book is used, and as uav l seen il,
part 10y "r names of tho subscribers, and few of The
subsequent purchasers, in the list at the cn II li,l book
Is III possession CT every Gloss of citizens in every o,,a
te of The Unit ed States
1t moreover well known that, by its rea,ly check,
it las so "'te detected large errors long after ,ey were
ma'lr even by the most careful and most compe,et
ari,!nc,'cans, At its usefulness, anil the absolute ne-
cessv nr its usr, have been extensively insisted I'M n
evident incecl, iavc been its advantages, and its
savings, that, sevc,1l ycarsag" whilst the first edition
was scarce, and out of print, great lumber of second
hand copies were sought for, to gre distance
ant. nrcrased ut various ,iccs they could occ.so,-
ally BIO picked up a, from soto SIS per copy, and
some persons have recon- declared, aud instances
could hequotcd that they would pay S5 $780, and $500
for copy, II MOTTO be had fer less, AND individual
in the latter instance particularly, having at the same
uf.prC,,
sent that to him it was really worth that money and
though the saving of his very valsable ,inc he
being very rich man and in public Office.
1t is likewise worthy OF notice. md indeed proper to
impre that such is the nature OF guc work generally
and Especially when of the and importance OF
these Ia los, that had this hook its like boon prea.-
ed in the usual vone, by the most competent
calculator in the world, and attcrH ards printed mos,
cniiouy under his own correction ." proof Sheets it
would, almost to certainty, have been Unsafe for re-
Terence and dear at any price, tie preface atiic-
la,lp explains. But So perfect and valuable have the
stereotype plates of this worklbecn mac, that to secure
tons, against fire, for the general ben, fit they are 10y
ADVERTISEMENT constantly kept in place Of special
safety, except while use in printing
Ample directions to find both banks and statute iutor-
est with useful notes. follow the preface, which, in this
fll as in the tive preceding editions, contain much in
formation concerning the lawful modes Of comuut-
lug inter SITS, tee days af grace, &c.
remains only TO remark that, Notwithstanding this
uhcohiHoiy Costly work, witch WAS published before
interest tables were introduced in dollars and cents be-
yen analmanac, has been extensively . SO literally
pa'ronSel, it has not yet SO much paid with interest
tee heavy loss of yearly four thousand dollars beside,
six years Of time from l7g9to 1905, sustained on the first
edition OF 1000 aopes HrsiHs chiefly from its p,lic.-
ton at that time, at an under price, say npng of
or prof, for almost lifetime of care toll
a. sacrice Wherefore The author still relies on the
disseirment and generosity of the public for connu:
ance Of preference and patronage. Fer sale by the
Pr'ncil al booksellers in the United States.