Late 18th/Early 19th cent. Business and Economics, Mensuration Notes

[Weston, Massachusetts], Late 18th/Early 19th cent. Fair. Toning, staining, spotting, dust soiling. At least three (3) leaves sometime excised and lacking, and at least one leaf loose.. A book of manuscript notes penned in the late 18th century or early 19th century, containing dozens of mathematical tables. Includes an ownership inscription to final page ("Swift Leadbetter's Book"). A later pencil inscription on the inside of the upper cover attributes the book to William Swift Leadbetter of Weston, Massachusetts (1766-1848). The use of guineas dates this volume to before 1816 (when guineas were phased out in the Great Recoinage). Includes the following tables and mathematics: Compound Addition of Time, Motion, and Cloth Measure; Compound Subtraction of Troy Weight, Avoirdynois Weight, and Time; Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division of Decimals; Subtraction of Federal Money; Simple Interest; Compound Division; and more. Given the subject matter, the volume appears to have been kept by the Leadbetter as a volume of class notes in a business or economics class. Single vol. (12.25" by 7.5"), approx. 48 blank pages in original stab sewn plain card binding. Lacking at least three leaves.