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<big>''Rowlett's Tables of Discount, or Interest, on Every Dollar, From Unit, or One, to Two Thousand; on Every Ten Dollars, From Two Thousand to Two Thousand Five Hundred; on Every Fifty, From Two Thousand Five Hundred to Three Thousand; And on Every Five Hundred, From Three Thousand to Five Thousand; From One, to Sixty-Four Days, Inclusive, Also for Every Month, From One to Twelve, and for Eighteen Months, and Two Years; Besides a Complete Cent Table: the Whole Computed at Six Per Cent Together With Examples ... Shewing In What Manner (By Means of the Tables) to Ascertain the Interest, at Five, Seven, and at Eight Per Cent''</big>
 
 
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}}[[File:RowlettsTablesOfDiscount1802p107.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Tables of discount, or interest, at six per cent, page 107.</center>]]John Rowlett’s ''Tables of Discount'' allows individuals to determine the amount of interest expense they will pay on a particular amount of money or, likewise, the amount of interest income they will earn on a particular amount of money. These tables provide the means for people who may lack formal training in finance to quickly and easily calculate the amount of interest that will accumulate on a particular amount of money.<ref>John Rowlett, ''Rowlett's Tables of Discount'' (Philadelphia: Printed for the Proprietor, by Hugh Maxwell, 1802), preface.</ref>
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}}John Rowlett's ''Tables of Discount'' allows individuals to determine the amount of interest expense they will pay on a particular amount of money or, likewise, the amount of interest income they will earn on a particular amount of money. These tables provide the means for people who may lack formal training in finance to quickly and easily calculate the amount of interest that will accumulate on a particular amount of money.<ref>John Rowlett, ''Rowlett's Tables of Discount'' (Philadelphia: Printed for the Proprietor, by Hugh Maxwell, 1802), preface.</ref>
  
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[[File:RowlettTablesOfDiscount1802SubscribersP198.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<center>List of subscribers featuring "Wythe, G." of Richmond, Virginia in the second column, page 198.</center>]]
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
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Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Rowlett’s tables. 4to." This was one of the books kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. He later sold a copy to the Library of Congress in 1815, but it no longer exists to verify Wythe's prior ownership.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'' 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 4:13-14 (no.3691).</ref> Both the [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe "Member: George Wythe"], accessed March 4, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing include the first (1802) edition. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition.
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"Wythe, G." appears in the section for Richmond, Virginia in the [[:File:RowlettTablesOfDiscount1802SubscribersP198.jpg|list of subscribers]] in the end matter of the 1802 edition. The title is also listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Rowlett's tables. 4to." This was one of the books kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. He later sold a copy to the Library of Congress in 1815, but it no longer exists to verify Wythe's prior ownership.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:13-14 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=28 [no.3691]].</ref> Both the [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on March 4, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing include the first (1802) edition. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition.
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[[File:RowlettsTablesOfDiscount1802Inscriptions.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Inscriptions, front free endpaper.</center>]]
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
 
Bound in contemporary, or near contemporary, cal. Rebacked with original red morocco, gilt-lettered label and gilt rules. Front free endpaper includes the signatures of "Sam<sup>l</sup>. Dana" and "Sam<sup>l</sup>. T. Dana, Dover, Mss, 1828." The first signature probably belongs to United States Representative [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Dana Samuel Dana.]
 
Bound in contemporary, or near contemporary, cal. Rebacked with original red morocco, gilt-lettered label and gilt rules. Front free endpaper includes the signatures of "Sam<sup>l</sup>. Dana" and "Sam<sup>l</sup>. T. Dana, Dover, Mss, 1828." The first signature probably belongs to United States Representative [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Dana Samuel Dana.]
  
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View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/Record/334068 William & Mary's online catalog.]
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157658547531258 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991016269959703196 William & Mary's online catalog.]
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==See also==
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*[[George Wythe Room]]
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*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
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*[[Wythe's Library]]
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Latest revision as of 08:51, 23 May 2024

by John Rowlett

Rowlett's Tables of Discount
RowlettTablesOfDiscount1802.jpg

Title page from Rowlett's Tables of Discount, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.

Author John Rowlett
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Published Philadelphia: Printed for the proprietor, by Hugh Maxwell
Date 1802
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Language English
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Pages 200
Desc. 4to (27 cm.)
Location Shelf E-1
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John Rowlett's Tables of Discount allows individuals to determine the amount of interest expense they will pay on a particular amount of money or, likewise, the amount of interest income they will earn on a particular amount of money. These tables provide the means for people who may lack formal training in finance to quickly and easily calculate the amount of interest that will accumulate on a particular amount of money.[1]

List of subscribers featuring "Wythe, G." of Richmond, Virginia in the second column, page 198.

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

"Wythe, G." appears in the section for Richmond, Virginia in the list of subscribers in the end matter of the 1802 edition. The title is also listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "Rowlett's tables. 4to." This was one of the books kept by Thomas Jefferson. He later sold a copy to the Library of Congress in 1815, but it no longer exists to verify Wythe's prior ownership.[2] Both the Brown Bibliography[3] and George Wythe's Library[4] on LibraryThing include the first (1802) edition. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in contemporary, or near contemporary, cal. Rebacked with original red morocco, gilt-lettered label and gilt rules. Front free endpaper includes the signatures of "Saml. Dana" and "Saml. T. Dana, Dover, Mss, 1828." The first signature probably belongs to United States Representative Samuel Dana.

Images of the library's copy of this book are available on Flickr. View the record for this book in William & Mary's online catalog.


  • Tables of discount, or interest, at six per cent, page 107.
  • Inscriptions, front free endpaper.

See also

References

  1. ↑ John Rowlett, Rowlett's Tables of Discount (Philadelphia: Printed for the Proprietor, by Hugh Maxwell, 1802), preface.
  2. ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:13-14 [no.3691].
  3. ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.
  4. ↑ LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on March 4, 2014.
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