{"product_id":"dabolls-schoolmasters-assistant-1837-arithmetick-book-keeping","title":"Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant, 1837 Arithmetick \u0026 Book-Keeping","description":"\u003cp\u003eDaboll, Nathan; Green, Samuel. \u003cstrong\u003eDaboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant. Improved and Enlarged, being a plain practical System of Arithmetick. Adapted to the United States. With the Addition of the Farmers' and Mechanicks' best Method of Book-Keeping, designed as a Companion to Daboll's Arithmetick. \u003c\/strong\u003eIthaca, N. Y.: Printed and Published by Mack, Andrus and Woodruff, 1837. 12455]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull brown leather, joints good, some scuffing \u0026amp; edge-wear, lacks the title label, 6 1\/2 x 4 inches. Several contemporary signatures and columns of sums on the end papers. [i]-viii, [9]-223; [1]-12; with a separate title page for the \"Practical Accountant.\" The text has foxing of varying darkness, and a few pencil marks. Good. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The design of this work is to furnish the schools of the United States with a methodical and comprehensive system of Practical Arithmetic, in which I have endeavored, through the whole, to have the rules as concise and familiar, as the nature of the subject will permit.” - Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral recommendations at front, including from Josiah Meigs and Noah Webster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Daboll's Arithmetick] \"was very plainly and attractively arranged and printed. Its monetary problems involved both the English and the American system, and to was the first book to make frequent use of the $ symbol. With minor revisions it continued to be published as late as the 1830's.\" - Nietz, \u003cem\u003eOld Textbooks\u003c\/em\u003e, p. 162.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNathan Daboll (1750-1818), b. \u0026amp; d. at Groton, Connecticut. \"He was a famous teacher, and instructed as many as 1,500 persons in navigation. He published a treatise on arithmetic, entitled the 'Schoolmaster's Assistant' (New London, 1799), which was for a long time a standard text-book; also the 'Practical Navigator.'\" - \u003cem\u003eAppleton's Cyclopdedia of American Biography\u003c\/em\u003e (1888).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSamuel Green (1768-1859), b. New London, Conn.; d. Hartford, Conn. Green followed his father in the printing business (1789), and became proprietor of the \u003cem\u003eNew London Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e in 1793. He was a Captain during the War of 1812, with the 3rd Regiment of Connecticut Militia. \"As a thirteen-year-old, he witnessed the 1781 British attack on New London and Fort Griswold, an event he frequently recounted. Known by the title of Colonel, Green remained a highly visible civic figure and was recognized as the oldest Freemason, printer, and fireman in Connecticut at the time of his death.\" - The William Burke Project online. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256415969346,"sku":"ABE12455","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC08760BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1790083554","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/dabolls-schoolmasters-assistant-1837-arithmetick-book-keeping","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}