A true estimate of the value of leasehold estates, and of annuities and reversions for lives and years. In answer to a pamphlet, intitled, Sir Isaac Newton's Tables for renewing and purchasing leases. &c. and to a letter added to it intitled, The value of church and college leases considered, &c.
- Date:
- 1731
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A true estimate of the value of leasehold estates, and of annuities and reversions for lives and years. In answer to a pamphlet, intitled, Sir Isaac Newton's Tables for renewing and purchasing leases. &c. and to a letter added to it intitled, The value of church and college leases considered, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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