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The American instructor, or, Young man's best companion : containing spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetick in an easier way than any yet published : and how to qualify any person for business, without the help of a master : instructions to write variety of hands ... : how to write letters on business or friendship : forms of indentures ... releases, &c. : also,merchants' accompts and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping : with a description of the several American colonies : together with the carpenter's plain and exact rule, shewing how to measure carpenters['] ... and painters['] work ... likewise the practical gauger made easy ... : to which is added the poor planter's physician ... and also prudent advice to young tradesmen and dealers : the whole better adapted to these American colonies than any other book of the like kind. / by George Fisher.

Author/creator Fisher, George, accomptant
Format Electronic and Book
Edition9th ed., rev. and corr.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1748.
Descriptionv, 378 p., [5] leaves of plates (1 fold.) : ill. ; 17 cm.
Supplemental Content Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)
Portion of title Young man's best companion
Caption title Instructions for youth
Series Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteLibrary's copy imperfect: heavily foxed throughout, obscuring some text.
Local noteLibrary's copy imperfect: heavily foxed throughout, obscuring some text.
Local noteLibrary's copy imperfect: heavily foxed throughout, obscuring some text.
Local noteLibrary's copy imperfect: heavily foxed throughout, obscuring some text.
General noteReproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General noteSabin no. 24459.
References RLIN, CTRG03-B1127
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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