INDEX

Abbreviations, used in correspond Division of mail matter, 188.

ence, 18; states, 19; degrees, 20. Domestic money order, 160.
Addison, on the value of letter
writing, 1.

Elements of business letter, 44.
Address, forms of, 23.

Envelopes, addressing of, 27;
Addressing envelopes, 27.

stamped, 192; special request,
Application, letters of, 106.

194.

Exactness, 51.
Body of letters, 10.
Business letter, composition of, 43; First-class matter, 189.
elements of, 44 ; structure of, 55. Folding letter sheet, 30.

Formal notes, 145.
Cablegrams, 114.

Forms of introduction, salutation,
Carbon copy, 40.

and superscription to government
Circular letters, 98.

officials, 23.
Claims for indemnity, 175.

Forms of letters, business, 8, 9;
Clearness, 46.

social and military, 11, 12.
Codes, 116.

Fourth-class matter, 190.
Coherency, 49.

Franklin, Benjamin, 95.
Completeness, 49.
Complimentary close, 10.

Garfield, James A., 98.
Composition of business letter, 43. General delivery, 195.
Condolence, letters of, 147.

Government officials, forms of
Congratulation, letters of, 147. address, 23.
Contracts by mail and telegraph, 119.
Copies of letters, carbon copy, 40; Hadley, President, remark on letter
press copy, 39.

writing, 2.
Correspondence, how handled, 38. Heading of letter, 9.
Courtesy, 55.

Holiday mail, 195.

Dead-letter Office, 176.
Dead-letter Office sales, 181.
Degrees, use of, 20.
Destructive mail matter, 191.

Inclosures, letters containing, 31.
Incoming letters, 39.
Indemnity for lost mail, 173; claims
Informal notes, 147, 148, 149, 150.
Inquiry and information, letters of,

59.
International money order, 166.
Introduction, letters of, 89.
Introduction of letter, 10.
Invitations, formal, 145.

Postal cards, threatening, 80 ; single,

194 ; double, 194; redemption

of, 194.
Post office, growth of, 156 ; history

of, 157 ; organization, 160.
Press copying, method of, 39.
Private mailing cards, 194.

Letters, of inquiry and informa- Rates of postage, 188.

tion, 59; ordering goods, 68 : Reclaiming letters, 173, 196, 197.
requests for payment, 76; black- Recommendation, letters of, 95.
mailing, 81; introduction, 89; Registry at door, 174.
recommendation, 95; circular, Registry system, 170.
98; application, 106 ; congratu- Request for payment, 76.
lation, 152; condolence, 153 ; Rural free delivery, 187.
how to register, 171; how to
reclaim, 173, 196, 197.

Sales, Dead-letter Office, 181.
Limitations, Statute of, 82.

Salutation, 10.
List of titles, 14 ; abbreviations, 18; Scurrilous mail matter, 192.
states, 19; degrees, 20.

Second-class matter, 189.
Lost mail, how to recover, 181. Signatures to letters, 17.
Lottery mail matter, 192.

Special delivery service, 182.

Special request envelopes, 194.
Method, 53.

Stamped envelopes, 192; redemp-
Miscellaneous hints, 41.

tion of, 194.
Misdirected matter, 191.

Stamps, denominations of, 192 ;
Model forms, business, 8, 9; social books of, 192.
and military, 11, 12.

Statute of Limitations, 82.
Money orders, domestic, 160; in- Stoppage in transitu, 127.

dorsement of, 165; loss of, 166 ; Structure of letters, 55.
invalid, 166 ; international, 166. Sunday mail, 195.

Notes, formal, 145 ; informal, 147.

Obscene mail matter, 191.
Ordering goods, letters, 68.
Outgoing letters, 39.

Technique of a business letter, 6.
Telegrams, 112.
Telegraphs, contracts by, 119.
Terseness, 46.
Third-class matter, 190.
Titles, use of, 14.

Parcels post, 183.
Payment, requests for, 76.
Penalty, misuse of mail, 192.
Postage, rates of, 188.

Universal Postal Union, 199.
Unmailable matter, 191.

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