True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-01-30
JUST PUBLIsHEDF FROM SrEREoyrrh pL.iTES,

JUST PUBLISHEDFROM STEREOTYPE PLATES,
TIE fih Editouo:
ROW. Fits TABLES OF INTEREST
FEIO which is nrw a,ra an Avfrag" Time Ca'e''a-
L tor, easy nethos !o, ii,iins the average lime
on Storage, notes of haad bills of goods when pur
chased at different dates ,iiterm, credits, and t"r
various amounts; besides useful and complete Banking
Time Tale, the best That can be conriyed. or that f.
cures can pr uce within the c0ndesend compass,
and size oft,pe.
An advertisement in the book is in nearly the follow
ing words:
The high distinction this work has received through.
the ten legislative acts pexed to the title page, re-
commendston in itself, uncommon, and SO eonc,-
sive, III tnuthng is necessary than by way Of adj
vertscment TO givea condensed view Of Of its pc
car'ies as fer Instance the Interest has been
cd from, and compared with, what is equivalent to four
teen sets ct calculations, examined in the press thirty
five times and printed from tcreo,ype plates tested
thirtyty-one times, from AL which il mns b. evident
eve" to the skeptc Especially tho sonaI of,he de-
tail o. proof n ne pretace that the work mus, he nrth
metcay infable, and In confirmation of this belicfa
premium OF Two hundred and v dollars is now Offer
cd for the detection Of error of cent in the prescn,
or NTH e'uon as expressed in the preface, making five
large premons offered for the same error since ,c4rst
publication in the year 1902.
One Of tho most conspicuous features of the tables is
inthe arrangement of the Time and Amounts, which
Tor expeditions, reference ndperspeui,y with The help
OF the side and 'ex cannot he excelleA art, the salty
y and ease with which the interest can be found 10 the
extent Of general business, without doubling OF sums
is besides convenience essential that in the esllma-
ton OF some OF the most competent and practl cal bust
ness men and public Off ers who have made grea, use
OF the work, il has been distinguished by tho honorable
appellaion efofa 'smaster pioce' And considering
the 'nta!l'b'i'y OF the method originally adopted in
composing the work. and The extraordinary lumber and
variety OF the examinations, and tests Of every edition il
has passelin 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 emphatcsly styled " the
most wonderful book in the wssls;" most certainly M
man can namca figure work of the extent, which
since the beginning OF creation, has had the
Der ans variety Of tests in the nnaer of citors
no, nor one hall the NUMBER is clearly shown in the
prearc.
Resides, stest and standard, it has been tried and
proceed IN nearly all the bank and public offices in the
United States and by the public generally during the
long period OF thirtyh rears, yet Of The cal
c.laons has ever been found in PRINT although continue
ally challenged by the offer of very large premiums
The boeks in fact expressly adopted by all the courts
OF law 81 several otthe States the rate Of calculation
tor 'atute interest,"" also by law for bank interest,
according ms the book is used, and way be in
part by names OF The subscribers, and few of tho
subsequent purchasers, in the list at the end of thu book,
's'n possession Ct every Gloss OF citizens in every quar-
tc OF the Unit ed States,
1t is moreover well known that, by its rcary check,
1t has SO oeu detected large errors, long after they
made, even by the most careful and most competent
aritmccians, Fat its usefulness and the absolute
'cessy Tor its use, have been extensively insisted upo
so evident, incect, have been its advantages, and its
savings, that, seve ycarsas whilst the first edition
was scarce, and out OF print, great Lumber OF second
hand copies were sought for, to gre distance
and prcascd at various prices rs they could OCCASION
ally DO picked up II, from so 10 SIS per copy, and
some persons have Recon. declared, and Instances
could quoted that they would pay $50, $780, and $500
for copy, If no, be had fer less, and individual
in the latter instance particularly, having at the
lime rxnted satisfactory proa several persons pre-
sent that to him i. was really worth that money and
more nueh the saving of his yalnablc time, he
| being very rich man and in rnblic Office
II is likewise worthy OF ce, nd indeed proper to
mpre that such is the nature OF fguc work generally
and especially when of the extent aud importance OF
these Ia los, that had this book Or its like boon repar
ed in the usual vlone, by the most ronpccn,
calculator in the world, and aferw ards printed most
cauliouy under his correction Of proof sheets, it
would, almost to certainty, have been unsafe for re-
erensc, and dear At any price, as the preface dac'-
larlp explains. But perfect and valuable have the
stereotype plates of this won kbeen a.c, tt 10
them, with,heir numerous and extraordinary cxainin,-
tons against fire, for tn" general benefit, they (by
*dyc'1se"'e",l constantly kept in place of special
sate,. except while use in printing.
Amr directions to find both banks and statute ntor-
est with useful notes follow the preface which, in hi.
nth as in the two preceding editions, contain much in.
formation concerning the two lawful modes Of comput
Tug inter sts, tee DAYS at grnce, &c.
1t remains only to remark that, notwithstanding Til
nncomnlonly costly work, which was published before
interest tables were introduced in dollars and cents hc
Nclu an aanhe has been extensively HHI literally
patroniseL il has not vet much paid with interest
tee heavy loss of uery four Thousand dollars beside
SIX wears OF time from 1899 to 1885, sustained the hrs
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compensation profit for almost liIr-ti,nt ct are toll
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ance Of pretesenc; and patronage Frr sale by the
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