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Some observations on the assiento trade, as it has been exercised by the South-Sea Company; proving the damage, which will accrue thereby to the British commerce and plantations in America, and particularly to Jamaica. To which is annexed, A Sketch of the Advantages of that Island to Great Britain, by its annual Produce, and by its Situation for Trade or War. Addressed to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, One of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. By a person who resided several years at Jamaica.
Person who resided several years at Jamaica.Date: MDCCXXVIII. [1728]- Books
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Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of provost John Robertson of Pitmillan, ...
Robertson, John, of Pitmillan.Date: 1760]- Books
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The mercantile manual second book: Concerning decimal arithmetick containing a copious series of tables & tariffes, for universal mercantile computations: fit for use in all countries of the world, which do exhibit and show. The amount product and quotient, for any quantity and infinit[i]m: at all rates and prices, of merchandizes & publick stocks &c. Moneys and exchanges. Sums &c with so much ..... pbt. advance. Sums &c by so much........pbt discount. Net interest, commssion &c at....pbt. net discount & robate at....pbt. compound interest for sums annuities & yours purchase billion of gold and silver and most of all other objects of trade and comerce. The whole engravd on copper plates & exactly corrected, By Mr. James Lostau. merchant in London. Publd according to act of Parliament July 1739.
Lostau, James, -1735.Date: 1735- Books
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The humble petition of Thomas Hodges Esq; to the Honourable House of Commons, concerning the late male-administration of justice in the island of Barbadoes, and against the proceedings of the council of trade thereon. Delivered the 25th of February 1701.
Hodges, Thomas, active 17th century-18th century.Date: 1702]- Books
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The merchant and trader's daily companion. Containing, I. Exact and useful tables, shewing the value of any quantity of goods or wares, ready cast up, more adapted to merchants use, than any other extant. Calculated by an ingenious accomptant. II. Tables of exchange. In two parts. I. English money exchanged into Irish. 2. Irish money exchanged into English. Each by addition only, for any sum from 300 pounds to 1 penny, and at the several rates, whether quarters or eights, from fiver per cent. to eleven per cent. With an appendix of exchange at Par. III. Tables of commission at the several rates mostly used in Ireland. IV. An index to interest. Containing tables of simple interest at 4, 5, and 6 per cent. from 1 day to 30 days; for 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 days; for 3, 6 and 9 months; and for 1 year. To all which is prefixed, the new table of coin, as the same was made current by the lords justices proclamation from the 8th day of July, 1751. Together with a table of the number of yards in the several scores of linen, from 1 to 150. The tables of exchange, commission, and coin, calculated originally: all the other tables cast up in manuscript, and the whole work carefully corrected.
Hatton, Edward, 1664?-Date: 1763- Books
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The complete English tradesman: directing him in the several parts and progressions of trade, from his first entring upon business, to his leaving off. Particularly with regard to Diligence, Over-Trading, Diversions, Expensive Living, Suretyship, Early Marrying, Compositions, Partnership, Trading Frauds, Fine Shops, Credit, Punctuality, Borrowing Money, Discounting, Book-Keeping, Monopolies, Combinations, Under-Selling, Engrossing, Litigiousness, Projects, &c. With Useful Generals in Trade, Describing The Principles and Foundations of the Home-Trade of Great-Britain; with Tables of the British Manufactures, Product, Shipping, Land-Carriage, Importation, Home-Consumption, &c. Calculated for the Use of all our Inland Tradesmen, as well in the City as Country. In two volumes.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]- Books
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The merchant's magazine: or, trades man's treasury, Containing I. Arithmetick in Whole Numbers and Fractions, Vulgar and Decimal; with the Reason and Demonstration of each Rule; Adorn'd with curious Copper-Cuts of the chief Tables and Titles. II. Merchants Accompts, or a most concise Way of Casting up the Value of Merchandize, Tare and Trett, Interest of Coin, Rule of Barter, Loss and Gain, Fellowship, Equation of Payments, and several Matters relating to Exchange, never before made Publick. III. Book-Keeping, after a Plain, Easie and Natural Method, shewing how to Enter, Post, Close and Ballance an Accompt, &c. IV. Maxims concerning Bills of Exchange, Factors and Factorage: The Law concerning Brokers, &c. V. The Port of Letters to and from Foreign Countries; and the Days when Males are sent to, and due from those Countries. VI. An Account of the Commodities produced by all Countries: Their chief Towns of Trade, and bigness of the Country compared with England. Vii. A Merchant or Trader's Dictionary, explaining the most difficult Terms used in Trade. Viii. Precedents of Merchants Writings; as, Bills of Lading, Invoyces, Bills of Exchange, Letters of Credit, Charter-Parties, &c. With many other Things not Extant before, as by the Table of Contents appears. Accommodated chiefly to the Practice of Merchants and Tradesmen: But is likewise useful for Schools, Banks, Diversion of Gentlemen, Business of Mechanicks, and Officers of the King's Custom and Excise. The seventh impression corrected and improved. By E. Hatton, Philomathemat.
Hatton, Edward, 1664?-Date: MDCCXIX. [1719]- Books
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Queries addressed to all free-electors, and lovers of the trade of the city of Dublin. By a Free Weaver.
Free Weaver.Date: 1761]- Books
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A plan for the consideration of Parliament; with most necessary instructions for the trading part of the community, against the various frauds daily committing by that pernicious set of men called swindlers. In this Tract is contained not only the certain means of detecting the Sharper and Swindler, but of totally preventing their very Existence. The following Sheets demand the Attention of every Tradesman; as in them is clearly pointed out the utter impossibility of the Swindler's disposing of the Goods he obtains by Fraud and Imposition. The Hints for extirpating so baneful a Race from Society, are recommended to the serious perusal of every Member of the British Senate. By a gentleman of Lincoln's-Inn.
Gentleman of Lincoln's Inn.Date: M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]- Books
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A short state of the publick encouragement given to printing and bookselling in France, Holland, Germany, and at London. With reasons humbly offered to the Honourable House of Commons for granting to S. Buckley such privilege for Thuanus in Latin, as is already granted to every British Subject who is possessed of the Copy of any Book in English.
Buckley, Samuel, 1674?-1741.Date: 1733?]- Books
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Instructions for officers of the duties on hides, &c.
Great Britain. Commissioners of Excise.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]- Books
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. De Vleyt, Claas Ehlers, Master. Joseph Wright, Commander of the Private Ship of War the Look-Out, and Jeremiah Major, Commander of the Private Ship of War the Prince of Orange, the Captors, - - - - Appellants. Anthony Songa, of London, Merchant, Claimant of all the Cargo on behalf of the Brothers Von Obwexer, and others, Imperial and Neutral Subjects, the pretended Owners thereof, - - - - - Respondent. An appeal from the High Court of Admiralty of England. Appellants Further case.
Great Britain. Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes.Date: 1788]- Books
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A Speech concerning a Treaty of Union with England.
Date: 1705]- Books
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The joint and separate account or narrative of George Collcott, and Robert Jones, mariners, relating to what passed at their several meetings with others, about the affair of Dunkirk.
Colcott, George.Date: 1730?]- Books
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The universal penman. Engrav'd by George Bickham.
Bickham, George, -1758.Date: MDCCXXXIII. [1733]-41- Books
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Some considerations touching the sugar colonies, with political observations in respect to trade. By a person well acquainted with the sugar trade, but at present residing in the island of Antigua.
Person well acquainted with the sugar trade.Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]- Books
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The humours of rag-fair: or the countryman's description of their several trades and callings.
Date: [1760?]- Books
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Charter of the incorporation of wrights, granted by the lord provost and magistrates of Glasgow in the year 1600.
Incorporation of Wrights (Leith, Scotland)Date: 1799- Books
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The merchant's magazine: or, trades-man's treasury. containing, I. Arithmetick in Whole Numbers and Fractions, Vulgar and Decimal; with the Reason and Demonstration of each Rule: Adorn'd with curious Copper-Cuts of the chief Tables and Titles. II. Merchant's Accompts, or a most concise Way of Casting up the Value of Merchandize, Tare and Trett, Interest of Coin, Rule of Barter, Loss and Gain, Fellowship, Equation of Payments, and several Matters relating to Exchange, never before made Publick. III. Book-Keeping, after a Plain, Easy, and Natural Method, shewing how to Enter, Post, Close and Balance an Accompt, and the whole Ledger, and how to discover from thence if any Error hath been in any one Accompt. IV. Maxims concerning Bills of Exchange, Factors and Factorage: The Law concerning Brokers, their Business, &c. V. The Port of Letters to and from Foreign Countries; and the Days when Mails are sent to, and due from those Countries. VI. An Account of the Commodities produced by all Countries: Their chief Towns of Trade, and Bigness of the Country compared with England. Vii. A Merchant or Trader's Dictionary, explaining the most difficult Terms used in Trade. The Value of Coins, Weights, and Measures. Viii. Precedents of Merchants Writings; as Bills of Lading, Invoices, Bills of Exchange, Letters of Credit, Charter-Parties; &c. With many other Things not extant before, as by the Table of Contents appears. Accomodated chiefly to the Practice of Merchants and Tradesmen: But is likewise useful for Schools, Banks, Diversion of Gentlemen, Business of Mechanicks, and Officers of the King's Custom and Excise. The ninth impression corrected and improved. By E. Hatton, Gent.
Hatton, Edward, 1664?-Date: M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]- Books
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The mercantile library or, Complete English tradesman: Directing him in the several parts and progressions of trade, from his first entring upon business, to his leaving off. Containing the following subjects, viz. shewing what a complete tradesman should understand. 1. Of his setting out. 2. Of writing to correspondents. 3. Of the trading style. 4. Needful to have a general knowledge of all business. 5. Of diligence and application. 6. Of over-trading. 7. Of breaking in time. 8. Causes of a tradesmans ruin. 9. Of innocent diversions commonly so called. 10. Of expensive living, &c. 11. Of suretiship. 12. Of early marrying. 13. Of trusting to servants: duty of a master. 14. Of compositions. 15. Duty of creditors and debtors in this case. 16. Heads of the last bankrupt act. 17. Tradesmens characters inviolable. 18. Of partnership. 19. Of honest dealing and veracity. 20. Of customary frauds in trade. 21. English silks how improv'd. 22. Of fine shops, &c. 23. Tradesmens wives, should be let into the knowledge of business, and not be above it. 24. Of noble families who owe their rise to trade. 25. Dignity of trade in England. 26. Of the English inland trade. 27. Of credit in trade. 28. Of punctual paying bills, &c. calculated for the use of all traders.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: 1766- Books
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I shall not follow the example of my opponent in quitting the subject with a sort of huff, ...
Maxwell, George (Surveyor)Date: 1788]- Books
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A letter from a student in Grub-street, to a Reverend high-priest in Oxford. Containing an account of a malicious design to blacken him and several of his friends. To which are added four epigrams upon one Dr. Crassus[.]
Amhurst, N. (Nicholas), 1697-1742.Date: MDCCXX. [1720]- Books
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A letter to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, in December 1727. Writ after some expostualation with him for not standing to his engagements, on his giving another the vacancy in the commission of appeals, &c. With his answer to it.
Whatley, Robert, -1767.Date: M.DCC.XXXIX. [1739]- Books
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Some original Persian letters, translated into English. By John Mulock.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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The merchant's magazine; or, trades man's treasury. Containing, I. Arithmetick in Whole Numbers and Fractions, Vulgar and Decimal; with the Reason and Demonstration of each Rule: Adorn'd with curious Copper-Cuts of the chief Tables and Titles. II. Merchants accompts, or a most Concise Way of Casting up the Value of Merebandize, Tare and Trett, Interest of Coin, Rule of Barter, Loss and Gain, Fellowship, Equation of Payments, and several Matters relating to Exchange, Never before made Publick. III. Book-Keeping, after a plain Easie and Natural Method shewing how to Enter, Post, Close and Ballance an Accompt, &c. IV. Maxims concerning Bills of Exchange, Factors and Factorage: The Law concerning Brokers, &c. V. The Port of Letters to and from Foreign Countries; and the Days when Mails are sent to, and due from those Countries. VI. An Account of the Commodities produced by all Countries; Their chief Towns of Trade, and bigness of the Country compared with England: Vii. A Merchant or Trader's Dictionary, Explaining the most Difficult Terms used in Trade. Viii. Precedents of Merchants Writings; as, Bills of Lading, Invoyces, Bills of Exchange, Letters of Credit, Charter-Parties, &c. With many other Things not Extant before, as by the Table of Contents appears; Accommodated chiefly to the Practice of Merchants and Trades-Men: But is likewise useful for Schools, Bankers, Diversion of Gentlemen, Business of Mechanicks, and Officers of the Queen's Custom and Excise. The fifth edition corrected and improv'd. By E. Hatton, Gent.
Hatton, Edward, 1664?-Date: MDCCVII. [1707]