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The trader's best companion: : containing various arithmetical rules, by which simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, division reduction, practice, interest, loss and gain, book-keeping &c. are applied to the federal currency; : with several useful tables: : very necessary in schools, and for all those who may have occasion to deal in money matters

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: July 24, 1795 ...
Call number: 485102
Creator: Chaplin, Joseph(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired from Santa Barb. Miss. Arch., October 1986.
Dimensions: 19 cm (12mo)
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