<<A>> general introduction to trade and business : Or, the young merchant's and tradesman's magazine. Being an assistant to youths, on their leaving school, and entring on apprenticeship; ... By William Markham.

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• Youth's introduction to trade and business : Containing I. Tables of the most usual clerk-like contractions of words; with proper Directions how to address Persons of Elevated Rank, and those in Office. II. Acquittances and promissory notes diversified, and adapted to such Circumstances as occur in real Business. III. Variety of Bills of Parcels, and Bills on Book-Debts, to enter the Learner in the Manner and Methods of Commerce, and to make him ready at Computation. IV. Bills of Exchange, with necessary Directions for the right Understanding and Management of Remittances, with various Orders for Goods, Letters of Credit, Invoices, and other Merchant-Like Examples. V. Authentic Forms of such Law-Precedents, as are most frequently met with in the Course of Traffic. VI. Great Variety of Questions interspersed, to exercise the Learner in the Common Rules of Arithmetic, to use him to Calculation, and to bring him acquainted with the Use, the Properties and Excellency of Numbers, by Way of Recreation. By M. Clare, late Master of the Academy in Soho-Square, London. The tenth edition, revised and improved, with the addition of an appendix, containing, The Methods of Solving All the intricate Questions: b Benjamin Webb, Writing-Master and Accountant, and Master of the Grammar School belonging to the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers in Bunhill-Row; Author of the Tables for buying and selling Stocks, and of the Complete Annuitant.
  door: Clare, Martin d. 1751
  Gepubliceerd in: (1769)
• <<A>> new introduction to trade and business : very useful for young gentlemen and young ladies. Wherein is contained great variety of receipts for money, &c. Promissory Notes, Bills Of Exchange, Bills Of Parcels, And Bills ON Book-Debts. With ample instructions how to Form Them. Interspersed with Several Instructive Exercises, Week's Expences, Disbursements, Goods bought at Sales, &c. To which are added, I. A List of the most common Abbreviations of Words for the Dispatch of Business. II. Proper Forms of Address to Persons of High Rank, and those in Public Offices, &c. III. Arithmetical Tables of Weights and Measures. IV. A new Set of Questions to exercise the Learner in several of the Rules of Arithmetic, by Way of Amusement, as well as Improvement. V. A Mercantile Dictionary. VI The Explanation and Use of the Frontispiece or Perpetual Almanac. Designed for the use of schools, and Youth in General.
  door: Hudson, Peter
  Gepubliceerd in: (1758)
• Youth's introduction to trade and business : Containing I. Tables of the most usual clerk-like contractions of words; with proper Directions how to address Persons of Elevated Rank, and those in Office. II. Acquittances and Promissory Notes diversified, and adapted to such Circumstances as occur in real Business. III. Variety of Bills of Parcels, and Bills on Book-Debts, to enter the Learner in the Manner and Methods of Commerce, and to make him ready at Computation. IV. Bills of Exchange, with necessary Directions for the right Understanding and Management of Remittances, with various Orders for Goods, Letters of Credit, Invoices, and other Merchant-Like Examples. V. Authentic Forms of such Law-Precedents, as are most frequently met with in the Course of Traffick. VI. Great variety of questions interspersed, to exercise the Learner in the Common Rules of Arithmetic, to use him to Calculation, and to bring him acquainted with the Use, the Properties and Excellency of Numbers, by Way of Recreation. By M. Clare, late Master of the Academy in Soho-Square, London.
  door: Clare, Martin d. 1751
  Gepubliceerd in: (1782)
• <<A>> general introduction to trade and business. Or, The young merchant's and tradesman's magazine : Being an assistant to youths, on their leaving school, and entring on apprenticeship; design'd to prevent their losing the learning they have acquired, and calculated for a general instruction, progressively through the various branches of trade and merchandise. Under the following heads: I. The principles of grammar explain'd; whereby the reading and writing true English are render'd very easy II. The use of the pen made easy; or the best instructions to attain a masterly manner of writing; with complete examples of the several hands now in use, and the forms of notes, receipts, &c. curiously engrav'd by Mr. G. Bickham, Sen. III. Arithmetick in all its parts, vulgar and decimal; with examples in all the rules (in the most concise manner) apply'd to business. IV. The usual contractions of words and titles; with proper directions how to address persons of quality, and those in publick employ. V. Examples of bills of parcels, and exchange; instructions for remittances, orders for goods, letters of credit and correspondence, invoices, receipts, &c. Adapted to trade in general. VI. Forms of law precedents, both relating to trade and conveyancing; as bills, bonds, leases, articles, &c. VII. Waterside business; with the constitution of keys, w[b]arfs, porters, &c. And observations on freight, average, primage, &c. VIII. Directions for entring goods at the custom-house, inward, outward, and by certificate; with an account of goods prohibited exportation and importation, and an account of foreign coins, weights and measures. IX. Merchants accompts, with a collection of arithmetical questions, to divert youth. X. Tables of interest from 1 to 100 l. calculated in the most exact manner, to the thousandth part of a farthing. The second edition, with additions and improvements. By William Markham. Author of the introduction to spelling and reading English.
  door: Markham, William
  Gepubliceerd in: (1739)
• The compleat tradesman, or, The exact dealers daily companion instructing him throughly in all things absolutely necessary to be known by all those who would thrive in the world and in the whole art and mystery of trade and traffick : and will be of constant use for all merchants ... shopkeepers ... countrey-chapmen, industrious yeomen ... all farmers and others that goe to countrey fairs and markets, and for all men whatsoever that be of any trade, or have any considerable dealings in the world
  door: N. H
  Gepubliceerd in: (1684)