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Kearsley's gentleman and tradesman's pocket ledger, for the year 1791 . Containing One hundred and four ruled pages for receipts and payments; with spaces for memorandums for every day in the year. Term table. Holidays in 1791, bankers of London. Hours of transfer of stock and receiving interest thereon. Tables of wages, rent, annuities, expences, interest, buying and selling, &c. &c. An alphabetical list of public offices, inns of court, and other remarkable places, with the hours of doing business. Table shewing what day of the week begins any month for ever. Table of the reduction of French money into English. A concise digest of the game laws. Abstract of the hawkers and pedlars act. An accurate account of French coins and measures. Observations and directions respecting bonds, bank, and promissory notes, &c. Tables of the duties on male and female servants, horses, carriags, waggons, and carts. Daily pay of the officers of the army and navy. Account of the Amasterdam Fank. Useful cautions against fire. Cautions to strangers in walking the streets of London. Useful hints to persons going from the country to London. Instructions for improving fire wood. Hackney-coach fares. Rates of watermen. Table of weights allowed on Turnnpike roads. List of mail coaches. Abstracts of the most interesting acts of Parliament passed in the 30th year of Geo. III. Receipts for curing the diseases of sheep and lambs. An alphabetical list of the House of Peers, clerks and officers of ditto. An alphabetical lift of the House of Commons, clerks and officers of ditto. And many other articles equally useful, for which the reader is referred to the table of contents.
Kearsley, George, fl. 1791-1813.Date: [1791]- E-books
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A moral and Christian manual, vade mecum, or Pocket-book Of several religious thoughts, and considerations; to beget, quicken, nourish, strengthen, and confirm the heart in true devotion, and all heavenly mindedness. By J.L. a presbyter of the Church of Ireland.
J. L., Presbyter of the Church of Ireland.Date: MDCCXI. [1711]- E-books
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A Museum for young gentlemen and ladies; or Private tutor and pocket library . Being the most useful and entertaining companion for the youth of both sexes ever offered to the public, containing directions for reading with elegance and propriety. A compendious history of Ireland and England. Of the cities, towns, rivers, mountains, and curiosities of Ireland. A description of the Giant's Causeway with a cut. An account of the solar system, of the four quarters of the world. With an historical account of France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, &c. &c. Also lists of things necessary to be known. Of the seven wonders of the world, with cuts of each. Letters, poems, tales and fables. The whole illustrated with twenty-seven plates elegantly engraved.
Date: 1790- E-books
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Kearsley's gentleman and tradesman's pocket ledger, for the year 1798 . Containing Term table. List of bankers. List of holidays. One hundred and four ruled pages for accounts and memorandums. Days and hours for buying or selling the several stocks or government securities, and receiving the interest or dividends due thereon, at the bank, India house, and south sea house. Tables calculated to show at sight the money due for wages, rent, &c. for any number of pounds, from one to twenty-four pounds per annum, for any number of days, weeks, or months. Table of expenses, income, or wages, by the day, week, month, and year, from one penny to ten pounds per day. Abstract of the several acts of Parliament relating to Hackney coaches. Hackney coach fares. Rates of watermen. Abstract of the most important acts of Parliament which have passed in the 37th year of the reign of George III. viz. additional stamp duties--A correct list of stamps--additional duty on deeds--assessed taxes--new assessed taxes--clocks and watches--exemptions--clock makers' licences--horses--horses used in husbandry--male servants--additional duties of customs--tea--auctions bricks--spirits--British spirits--stage coaches--bank indemnity--bread--corn meters--corn factors--meal weighers--bakers--general clauses--insolvent debtors--traders' and country bank notes--weights and balances. Companies, societies, offices, &c. incorporated. An alphabetical list of the House of Peers. An alphabetical list of the House of Common. Clerks and officers of the House of Peers. Clerks and officers of the House of Commons. And many other articles equally useful, for which the reader is referred to the table of contents.
Kearsley, George, fl. 1791-1813.Date: [1798]- E-books
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Kearsleys' gentleman and tradesman's pocket ledger, for the year 1795 . Containing one hundred and four rule pages for receipts and payments; with spaces for memorandums for every day in the year. Term table. Holidays in 1795. Bankers of London. Hours of transfer of stock and receiving interest thereon. Tables of wages, rent, annuities, expences, interest, buying and selling, &c. &c. Rules for finding the moveable feasts and holidays. Rational amusements. Secrets in arts and trades. List of mail coaches. An abstract of the most important acts which passed in the 34th year of His Present Majesty Geo III. viz. Attorneys' clerks. Paper. Slate, stone, and marble. Habeas corpus. Penny post. Sunday. Insolvent Debtors. Watermen. Composion of sealing-wax-red and black Art of gilding glass. Hackney-coach fares. Rates of watermen. An alphabetical list of the House of Peers. Clerks and officers of ditto An alphabetical list of the House of Commons. Clerks and officers of ditto. And many other articles equally useful, for which the reader is referred to the table of contents.
Catharine KearsleyDate: [1795]