Rowlett's Tables of Discount, or Interest, on Every Dollar

by John Rowlett

Rowlett's Tables of Discount
Title page from Rowlett's Tables of Discount, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.
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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.)
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Tables of discount, or interest, at six per cent, page 107.

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.

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

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. Both the Brown Bibliography and George Wythe's Library on LibraryThing include the first (1802) edition. The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the same edition.

Inscriptions, front free endpaper.

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^l. Dana" and "Sam^l. T. Dana, Dover, Mss, 1828." The first signature probably belongs to United States Representative Samuel Dana.

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