thefe general Terms, Value received of W. R. or, Value received.

13. In the tenth Place, it is common to end a Bill of Exchange with these or the like Words, Place to Account as per Advice, or fome fuch Civility; for you must know that it is not customary for Merchants to accept or pay Bills of Exchange without particular Letters of Advice from the Drawer, in which they take notice of their having drawn a certain Sum, expreffing likewife the Species or Sorts of Money, and all other Circumstances, very exactly and very particularly, to the Order of fuch a Perfon, payable at fuch a Time ;; and it is of fuch Confequence to be punctual in giving fuch Advices, that though the Perfon upon. whom a Bill may be drawn has Provifion in his Hands for the Payment of it, he may fuffer it to be protested for want of Advice from the Drawer.

14. And in the eleventh Place, it is ufually written under the Bill, Your humble Servant, &c. and under that the Drawer's Name; and herein you are to take notice, that no Man of Business writes his Name different Ways to any Deed or Writing of Confequence, it being very frequent, in cafe of any Law Suit, &c. when Witneffes are wanted to prove a Deed, to compare the Writing in Question with fome others of the fame Parties, whofe Deed it is alledged to be, and according to the Likeness of the Hand-Writing the Matter is determined.

15. In the twelfth Place, and laftly, it is common to write the Directions to the Party whom the Bill is drawn upon, under the Bill, towards the left Hand, over-against the Subfcription, leaving a

fmall Space for Acceptance between the Directions and Subscriptions, in which must be set down the Name, Sirname, Character, and Place of Abode of the Party drawn upon. See the following Examples.

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London, November, 17-for 196 £. Sterl. Exchange, 34s. 5 d. per £.

At three Days Sight pay this my only Bill of Exchange to Mr. A. B. or Order, the Sum of One hundred ninety-fix Pounds Sterl. in Bank Money, at thirty-four Schillings and five Grotes per Pound Sterl. Value received of Mr. G. D. as per Advice from

To Mr. G. H. Merchant in Amfterdam.

2

Your humble Servant,

E. F.

London, May, 17-Crowns 900 Exchange,

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at 34 d. per Crown.

At Sight pay this my first of Exchange to Mr.

A. B. or Order, the Sum of Nine hundred Crowns, at Sixty Sols Tournois per Crown, Value received at thirty-four Pence Sterl. per Crown, as per Ad

vice from

To Mr. E. F. Banker in Paris.

Your humble Servant,

Crowns 900 at 34d. per Crown, London,

C. D.

May. At Sight pay this my second of Exchange (my firft not being paid) the Sum of Nine hundred Crowns, at fixty Sols Tournois per Crown, Value

received at thirty-four Pence Sterl. per Crown,

as per Advice from

To Mr. E. F.

Your humble Servant,

Banker in Paris.

C. D.

The third Bill of Exchange agrees in every thing with the first and fecond, only with this Addition, Pay this my third Bill of Exchange, my firft and fecond not being paid.

Exchange 200£. Sterl. at 33s. per £. Sterl.

London,

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July.

At ten Days Sight pay this our first of Exchange to the Order of Meffrs. A. B. the Sum of Two hundred Pounds Sterl. in Bank Money, Value in two Bills of Exchange received of them, at thirtythree Schillings per L. Sterl. as per Advice from

To Meffrs. E. F. Merchants in Amfterdam.

T

Your humble Servants,

C. and D.

16. In the last Example foregoing may be observed, that Bills drawn at fo many Days Sight, Weeks, or Months, are otherways underfood in the fame Terms. As the faid Bill is fuppofed to be drawn by C. and D. Partners, Merchants in London, to the Order of A. and B. two other Partners Merchants at the fame Place, upon E. and F. fupposed to be Merchants Partners in Amfterdam; in which Cafe of Partnership it is ufual to fign with their Sirnames only, except when a Partner is abfent; in fuch Cafe the Partner prefent figns both his Name and Sirname for himfelf and Company,

elfe

elfe the Bill, Bond or Obligation can be no ways binding, or of any Force against the Party or Parties that have not figned.

Exchange 500 Crowns, at 35 d. per Crown. London, April.

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At Ufance, pay this my first to Mr. A. B. or Order the Sum of Five hundred Crowns, at fixty Sols Tournois per Crown, Value received in Goods of the faid A. B. at thirty-five Pence Sterl. per Crown, as per Advice from

To C. D. Merchant

in Roan.

Yours, &c.

Exchange 560 Crowns, London November The nineteenth of December next pay this my firft Exchange to the Order of Mr. G. H. the Sum of Five hundred and fixty Crowns, at fixty Sols Tournois per Crown, Value in Account with I. K. as per Advice from

-To Mr. L. M. Merchant

in Bourdeaux.

Yours, &c.

Exchange 1000 Crowns, London 27 January

February

At the ufual Fair of Eafter pay this my first of Exchange to Mr. O. P. or Order, the Sum of One thousand Crowns, at fixty Sols Tournois per Crown, Value received of Sir I. I. as per Advice from

To N. M. Merchant

in Lyons.

C 3

Yours, &c. 09

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17. Some

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Sometimes it falls out, that but one fola Bill of Exchange is made for one Parcel; but ordinarily, especially when the Places are of a confiderable Distance, two and fometimes three must be made to the fame Place.

18. A Remitter deals imprudently when he requires or accepts of one fola Bill of Exchange for one Parcel, though it be to be paid upon Sight, if the Place of Payment be of any Distance from the Place where the Contract is made.

19. The Drawer is obliged to give the Remitter as many Bills of Exchange as he shall require, and to proportion the Sums according as the Remitter requires; and on the contrary, the Remitter, is obliged to receive as many Bills from the Drawer, and to furnish him with fo much Monies as the Sum agreed on will amount to.

20. The Drawer deals imprudently, when he makes more Bills of Exchange than one, for one and the fame Sum, and of the fame Import; and in cafe the Remitter requires thus much of him, then let him make one Bill for the Sum the Remitter defires, and let him for the other Sum make two Bills, all amounting to the defired Sum; that is to fay, if the Remitter would have two 400£. Bills at one Time, let the Drawer make him one 400 Bill, and divide the other 400. into two Bills.

21. The Drawer muft efpecially obferve, that for one and the fame Parcel of Monies, he does not make two Primas or two Secundas, but he muft obferve to diftinguish them clearly, as well in the Body of the Bill, as on the Superfcription.