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Title: The Secretary's guide, or, Young mans companion, in four parts. Part I. Contains directions for spelling, reading and writing true English, with true pronunciation. Part II. Arithmetick made easie ... Part III. The method of writing letters upon most subjects ... Part IV. Contains a choice collection of bills of parcels, bills, bonds, letters of attorney ... profitable both for old and young to learn and know. : The whole adorned with variety of other matters, as will appear by the contents.
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Print source: The Secretary's guide, or, Young mans companion, in four parts. Part I. Contains directions for spelling, reading and writing true English, with true pronunciation. Part II. Arithmetick made easie ... Part III. The method of writing letters upon most subjects ... Part IV. Contains a choice collection of bills of parcels, bills, bonds, letters of attorney ... profitable both for old and young to learn and know. : The whole adorned with variety of other matters, as will appear by the contents.
Bradford, William, 1663-1752, comp.
[New York]: Printed and sold by W. Bradford in New-York, and A. Bradford in Philadelphia,, 1728.
Subject terms:
English language -- Composition and exercises.
Letter-writing.
Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900.
Spellers.
Booksellers' advertisements -- New York (N.Y.).
Booksellers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N02526.0001.001
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Table of Contents
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title page
To the READER.
Lately Published, the Book, entitled,
THE CONTENTS
instructions
PART I.
Of Letters great and small, and when each are to be Used; Their Division into Vowels and Consonats: Of Diph|thongs, what they are, how many, and how Pronounced and Written.
Of Syllables, and Rules how to divide them.
Of Letters that ought to be Written, and yet are not Sounded, and the Reasons thereof; particularly of e at the end of a Word, when it must, and when it should not he Written.
Of Letters sounded alike, and how to avoid Mistakes in writing one for the other.
A Table of Words, which are a like in Sound, but different in Signification.
Of Points and Stops.
PART II.
Of Numeration.
Of ADDITION.
Addition of Money.
The Proof of Addition.
II. Of Troy Weight.
Examples for Practice.
III, Of Avoirdupois little Weight.
IV, Of Avoirdupois great Weight,
Example for Practice.
V. Of Liquid Measures.
VII. Of Measures.
VIII. Of TIME.
IX. Of Apothecaries Weights.
Of Substraction.
Substraction of divers Denominations,
Substraction of Avir-du-poize Weight,
The Proof of Substraction.
Of Multiplication.
How to Prove Multiplication.
performed by Multiplication.
Of Division.
Of Reduction.
The Rule of Three.
A Table for Buying and Solding any thing by the Hundred.
The use of the following Table of square Timber Measure.
table
The Use of the Table of Round Timber-Measure.
example
Of Gaging of Vessels.
The Use of the Table.
The Rates of Post-Letters in North-America, settled by Act of Parliament.
table
Of Women, Children and Servants.
Of Children.
Of Servants.
Of Religion.
explanation
PART III.
A Letter from one at School, to his Father.
Another, from one at School, to his Friend.
A Letter of Entreaty, from a Son, to a Father.
A Letter from a Schollar to his Parents.
A Letter of from a .
A Letter of reaty to continue Abroad.
A Letter of Excuse to a Father and Mother.
A Son's Return of Thanks for good Education.
A Letter of Thanks for a Kindness received▪
A Letter returning Thanks to a Mother.
A Letter of Thanks returned for the Advancement of a Person.
A Letter of Advice to a Friend.
Another.
A Letter of Recomendation.
The Answer &c.
A Letter of Congratulation from a Son to is Fathr, upon his recovery from Sickness,
A Letter to a Friend.
A Letter requiring the Payment of Money: which serves as an Acquittance.
An Answer to the last Letter.
A Daughters Letter of Entreaty to her Mother.
The Answer.
A Letter from an Apprentice to his Father.
A Letter from an Apprentice to his Master.
A Letter from a young Man newly out of his Time.
A Letter from a young Man to his Mother to acquaint will his Marriage.
Another from a Young Womn.
A Letter of Congratulation from a Youth to his Sister, upon her Marriage.
The Answer.
A Letter to request a kindness.
The Answer.
A Letter from a Husband to his Wife.
The Wife's Answer to the foregoing Letter.
A Letter from one ter to another to enquire of Health▪
The Answer &c.
A Letter requiring the Payment of Money,
A Letter for Goods.
A Letter of Trade and Commerce.
Another.
A Letter of Credit.
A Letter written to Reclaim Youthful Extravaganie, &c.
A Letter from a Gentleman, Excusing a Son, to his Father.
A Letter to Congratulate a Person upon his Return ou of Fo|reign Parts, or from a long Journey.
A Letter from Country Capman to the Person deals in the City.
A Letter from a Person at Sea, to his Friend on .
A Letter from one Lady to another.
A Letter from a Gentleman to a Gentlewoman to beg Pardon for an Offence.
The Answer.
A Letter to a Lady, desiring into her .
The Lady's Answer.
A Letter to a Widdow, on the Death of her Husband.
poem
Superscriptions of Letters
Subscriptions, and other necessary matters for the Reader to learn and understand.
Part IV.
Sold to W. Paywel the 25th of March, 1727, the following Goods.
bills
A Carpenters Bill.
A Brick-layers Bill.
A Smith's Bill.
receipt
receipt
An Aquitttance for Rent.
A Servants Receipt for Rent.
receipt
A short Bill of Debt.
A short Bill with a Penalty.
bond
poem
The Condition of a Bond for the Payment of Sum of Money at Several times.
conditions of obligation
The Condition of an Obligation from Two to One.
The Condition of an Obligation from One to Two.
The Condition of an Obligation from Two Persons to Two.
A Bond of Arbitration.
The Condition of a Bond of Arbitration, with a Clause for an Umpire.
The Form and of an Award.
The Form of an Umpirage.
The Condition of a Bond to perform Covenants, specified in a lease of ▪ &c.
A Condition of a Counter Bond save harmless from one Party to another.
A Discharge proper to be given upon the Receipt of a Legacy.
A Counter Condition to save Bail Harmeless.
A Condition to Marry a Person, or pay, &c.
A Condition to pay back part of a Legacy, if any D of the Testator shall after appear to be .
Condition to give account and render the Stock delivered to one who is to carry on a Trade at half profit.
A short Assignment of a Bond.
An Assignment of Bond.
A Declaration of a Bond, made in a Third Persons Name upon Trust
The From of a Bill of Sale for Goods
A Sale of Lands by Lease and Release.
The Release.
A Lease of a House.
An Assignment of a Lease.
An Assignment of Rent, reserved upon a Lease,
NOTE,
An Exchange of Lands.
A Lease of a House,
A Letter of Attorney.
A Letter of Attorney to Receive Rents.
The Form of Revoking a Letter of Attorney.
The Form of an Indenture of an Apprentice.
A Copy of a Letter of License, usually granted, allow|ing time and safe Conduct to a Debtor incapable of making present Payment.
A Condition that the Heir shall make no Claim.
A Release to be given by a Ward to his Guardian when becomes at Age, if he has truly discharged his Trust, and a faithful Account.
The Form of a General Release.
A Copy of a Will
Rules worthy of Observation in Matters relating to Wills and Testaments, &c.
A Codicil to a Will.
The form of an Administrators Accompt.
account
A Covenant to pass Money lent upon Bottomrey
A Charter-party of Affreightment.
Of Exchange.
Forms of Bills of Exchange.
A Protest of a Bill of Exchange.
A Bill of Sale for a Vessel.
A Declaration in Trust.
A Defeazance on Lands forfeited.
A brief Relation of the Kingdom of England.
OF AMERICA.