The American instructor: or, Young man's best companion.
Subtitle: 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 ... How to write letters on business or friendship. Forms of indentures ... releases, &c. : Also merchants' accompts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping; with a description of the several American colonies. : Together with the carpenter's plain and exact rule: shewing how to measure carpenters ... and painters work ... : Likewise the practical gauger made easy ... To which is added, The poor planter's physician ... And also prudent advice to young tradesmen and dealers. The whole better adapted to these American colonies, than any other book of the like kind.
By: By George Fisher, accomptant.
Contributors: Slack, Ann Fisher, 1719-1778.; Vale, ed.; Fruere, ed.
Edition: The ninth edition revised and corrected.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 6238.
Publisher: Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, at the new-printing-office, in Market-Street
Published: 1748
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: Business mathematics.; Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc.
Notes: Erroneously attributed to Ann Fisher Slack in Halkett & Laing.

American editors' preface signed: Vale & Fruere.

Signatures: [A]þ́(-[A]1) B-2Iœ́ 2Kþ́(-2K4)

Evans 6238.

Hildeburn, C.R.  Pennsylvania, 1062.

Miller, C.W.  Franklin, 439.

Rosenbach, A.S.W.  Children's books, 31.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6238)