A complete system of family book-keeping : With the family book itself, Ready ruled and titled, Which is large enough to contain every Article of Expence that may fall under the heads of Butchers Meat, Bread, Flour, Meal, Malt, &c. Groceries, Merceries, Milanery, Liquids, Fruits, Roots, &c. Cheese, Butter, Milk, Apparel, Furniture, Extraordinaries. All which may be set down distinctly, and referred to easily, as often as it may be necessary to know when, where, or of whom, Goods were bought; the Quantity; and whether for ready Money, or on Credit; and what each Article amounts to by the Month and Year. With a Specimen of a Memorandum-Book, for which a sufficient Number of Pages is allotted. The Whole explained by Rules and Examples, in such a Manner, that any Person, who understands the two first Rules of Arithmetick only, may comprehend and keep this Book. To be continued Annually. By A. Walker, Late Writing-Master to the Free Grammar School at Macclesfield, Cheshire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, A. (Adam), 1730 or 1731-1821.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bookkeeping--Early works to 1800.

Bookkeeping.

Families--Books and reading--Early works to 1800.

Families.

Families--Books and reading.

Physical Description:

93 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 2⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the author, and sold by T. Kinnersly, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLVIII. [1758]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Pages 16-93 intended to be completed in MS.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T63961.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.