Difference between revisions of "Principles of the Doctrine of Life-Annuities"

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by Francis Maseres

Principles of the Doctrine of Life-Annuities
Title not held by The Wolf Law Library at the College of William & Mary.
Author	Francis Maseres
Editor
Translator
Published	London: Printed for B. White
Date	1783
Edition
Language	English
Volumes	volume set
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This book is an outline of the principles behind creating formulas for insurance annuities.^[1] It also contains complex mathematical formulas depicting how the author arrived at his precise calculations for specific amounts of money and policies. ^[2] This book is considered an explanatory and educational tome which expounds upon the policies used by insurance policy makers in terms of granting and drafting life insurance policies. ^[3]

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "Masere's principles of life annuities. 4to." This was one of the titles kept by Thomas Jefferson and later sold to the Library of Congress in 1815. Both the Brown Bibliography^[4] and George Wythe's Library^[5] on LibraryThing include the first edition (1783) published in London based on Millicent Sowerby's entry in Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson.^[6] Unfortunately, the volume owned by Wythe no longer exists to verify the edition. The Wolf Law Library has yet to purchase a copy of The Principles of the Doctrine of Life-Annuities.

See also

• Jefferson Inventory
• Wythe's Library

References

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ Ibid.
3. ↑ Ibid.
4. ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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
5. ↑ LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on May 21, 2018.
6. ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:13 [no.3689].