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Apologizing: for not Paying an Ac- 

 count When Due. 



TACOMA. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 1908. 

 ;Y HULL <k Co.. i 



Oakland, Cal. 

 fear iS'i'ra, 



you an apology for tardiness in paying my 

 account so long overdue. My only excuse is that my 

 customers have been "slow" with me. 



Thank you for the courtesy you have shown. It will 

 be my effort to be more prompt in the future. 

 Yours truly, 



JOSEPH W. DUFFY. 



Renewing a Subscription. 



92 ELM AVE.. WORCESTKK. MASS.. 

 December 20. 1907. 

 THE OUTLOOK COMPANY. 



287 Fourth Ave.. New York City. 

 Gentlemen: 



Inclosed you will find money order for two dollars, 

 for which please renew my subscription to "The Outlook." 

 Yours truly, 



WILLIAM WARIN;. 



A Follow-up Letter. 



THE Lt-NDSTRfM SUCTION AL BOOKCASI 



LITTLE FALLS. N. Y.. January 6, 1908. 

 MRS. <;. W. BROWN. 

 486 Norwood Avr.. 

 Albany. N. ST. 

 My dear Madam : 



Ten days ago. in reply to your inquiry for our cata- 

 logue, we mailed one to you. Not haying heard from 

 vou, we write to learn whether you received it. If not, 

 let us know and we will mail another. If it has been 

 received, kindly advise us wheth/T you find quoted in 

 it anything fitting your needs. If not, write us what 

 you want, and we will quote you prices. 



Hoping to hear from you within a few days, we are, 



Yours truly, 

 THE Lu NOSTRUM SECTIONAL BOOKCASE Co. 



A Reply to a Letter of Complaint. 



THK KELLOGO LITHOGRAPH Co., CLEVELAND, O., 

 November 22, 1900. 

 MR. E. DAKIN HOAO, 



Security Mutual Life Ins. Co., 



i.'nce. H. I. 

 M y dear Sir .- 



We are sorry that you cannot let us have the specifi- 

 cations for your letter headings until the first of the 

 year. We trust, however, that you will let us have the 

 specifications at as early a date as possible so we can 

 order the paper, and get our transferring and printing 

 done in plenty of time to have the headings in your 

 hands by the time you need them. 



In your letter you say that the paper is not so good 

 as you formerly had from us. We cannot understand 

 this, as we thought the last lot of stock we r. < . i\ .| 

 from tin- null was of a very good quality, right up to 

 the mark. If you will s,-i,,l us .some of the sheets that 

 you think are light weight, we will have them tested; 

 and if we find there is anything wrong with the paper, 

 we will take it up with the mill. So far as we know, 

 :>ly trouble there has been with any of this "se- 

 curity ' paper was with the first lot, where a small 

 portion of the headings had little specks on them. This, 

 you know, we took up with the mill, and they promised 

 to see that the balance of the paper on the con 

 should be O. K. in every respect. We certainly want 

 to hoi, I them. ,! tin, ,s not thVcase. 



We know that at the present time we should not 

 able to secure nearly so good a paper as this is at the 

 price you are paying for this lot; and we want t< 

 that you are very fortunate, indeed, m hn\ 

 your order u h.-n >,, d.d. Ix-cause. if you were to : 

 a contract now, we could not give you nearly so low 

 a pncc on it on account of the marked advance in i 



Awaiting your r. |.l\. we remain. 

 ^ ours very 



I in Ki i LO(M I mi. Co. 



Letters of Application. 



I vI'oRTE, Mo., January 2, 1909. 

 MEMRS. HOWE & HOWE, 



St. Ixmis, Mo. 

 Gentlemen: In reply to your advertisement in Tues- 



" I respectfully apply for the position 



I have had two years experience in the crockery 

 business as salesman and bookkeeper, and I am ac- 

 quainted with your city, for I lived there three years 

 and worked for the firm of Bett & Co. I refer you to 

 them now should you wish to know more of my fitness 

 for the work. If you decide to hire me, I will work 

 hard to succeed. 



Hoping for a favorable answer. 



Yours respectfully, 



WILLIAM R. STONE. 



417 COLLEGE ST.. TROY. N. Y. 



.. January 31. 1907. 



MESSRS. WYBURN & Co., 



Spokane, Washington. 

 Dear 6'tr: 



My friend, Mr. Bidwell, who is in your office, writes 

 me that you are in need of an expert accountant. I 

 i shall be very glad to come West to take the position if 

 you will give me a trial. I am a Yale man. 37 years 

 j old, married, and have had five years' experience as an 

 expert accountant with the New York Life Insurance 

 i Co., for which I am now working. 



If you will write Mr. F. C. Green, who is at the head 

 of the New York Life in Troy, he will tell you of my 

 ability and willingness to work for the interests of the 

 firm that employs me. 



Trusting you will send me a favorable answer, I am, 

 Yours very truly, 



SAMUEL H. GORDT. 



Notes of Introduction. 



MR. CHAS. R. ANOI: 



Trustee of School District No. 9. Trenton. X. Y. 

 My dear Sir, 



'I -- Emily Smith desires to secure a position as 

 assistant in your school. She holds a first-grade certifi- 

 cate and has had three years' successful e\|>erienre in 

 our school. We regret to lose her, but she prefers your 

 district because it is nearer to her home. I can recom- 

 mend Miss Smith as an KMeUtol teacher who will be a 

 refining influence in any school. 



Very truly yours. 



Cii MU i * .1. M \JOH, 

 Trustee of School District No. 4. 



NORTH CORNWALL. VERMONT, July 6. 1908. 

 MR, WALTER C. STI 



84 Arlington Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

 My dear />,. 



It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you my 

 friend. Mr. Weston Beach, who is to become a resident 

 in your city. You will find him a delightful cent I. 

 I shall greatly appreciate whatever courtesy you may 

 show in helping him to become acquainted. 

 Cordially yours, 



HT B. JOHNSON. 



Letters of Recommendation. Recom- 

 mendations are sometimes included in notes of 

 introduction, but often they are written as sepa- 

 rate letters. They may be written as general 

 letters addressed r< To whom it may con 

 or written as special letters to some definite person. 



General Recommendations. 



To Whom It May Concern: 



This is to certify that the bearer of this note. Miss 

 Lillian Glades, was graduated from The Teachers 

 lege, Cumberland University, and ho* inoo taught m 

 the schools of tii r the past three yean she 



has taught in the Straymore srh.ml and I have had the 

 opportunity to closely observe her work. I can rr< 

 mrti'l her as capable of filling any position in o 



tradad MhooL 



Principal of Straymore 8oh<> 



doncrrn: 



Mi II. . ll.-nrys ha* been in our employ as book- 

 He 



keeper the past six years. He is a faithful ace. 



ami m every way has served us well. We regret to 



part with him II 



feels tha. 



ttflor.1 to 



feels that h<- oucht to receive higher salary than we can 

 TC! to pay. 

 We wish him every 



Troy, New York. 



JOMKft. JONBS & CO. 



