A general introduction to trade and business, or, The young merchant's and tradesman's magazine
Subtitle: being an assistant to youths, on their leaving school, and entering on apprenticeship ... and calculated for a general instruction, progressively through the various branches of trade and merchandise ...
By: by William Markham
Series: Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature -- no. 7555; Making of the Modern World
Publisher: Printed for A. Bettesworth, C. Hitch, and J. Hodges
Published: 1738
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Business mathematics; Early works to 1800; Arithmetic; Early works to 1900; Bills of lading; English language; Orthography and spelling; Business writing
Other titles: Young merchant's and tradesman's magazine.
Notes: Includes index.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 07555.
Table of contents: title: Under the following heads: I. The principles of grammar explain'd ...; title: II. The use of the pen made easy, or, The best instructions to attain a masterly manner of writing ...; title: III. Arithmetick in all its parts, vulgar and decimal, with examples and in all the rules ...; title: IV. The usual constructions of words and titles ...; title: V. Examples of bills of parcels, and exchange ...; title: VI. Forms of law precedents, both relating to trade and conveyancing ...; title: VII. Waterside business with the constitution of keys ...; title: VIII. Directions for entring goods at the custom-house ...; title: IX. Arithmetical questions, to divert youth ...; title: X. Tables of interest from 1 to 100 £. calculated in the most exact manner, decimally.