Commercial Correspondence and Postal InformationMacmillan, 1904 - 204 pages |
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... and effectively not only is discreditable intellectually and socially , but will prove a serious hindrance to the advancement of his material interests . To be able to write a good letter requires knowl- 2 COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
... and effectively not only is discreditable intellectually and socially , but will prove a serious hindrance to the advancement of his material interests . To be able to write a good letter requires knowl- 2 COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
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... interests and requiring an answer should always inclose a stamp . 2. Be prompt in replying to all letters that you receive ; it will show attention to your correspondent's interests and secure his favor- able opinion . 3. Do not write ...
... interests and requiring an answer should always inclose a stamp . 2. Be prompt in replying to all letters that you receive ; it will show attention to your correspondent's interests and secure his favor- able opinion . 3. Do not write ...
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... interest of prospective customers is unquestioned . Business men are real- every year , as is evi- izing this more and more denced by the taste and expense which they bestow upon the printing and engraving of their letter heads , the ...
... interest of prospective customers is unquestioned . Business men are real- every year , as is evi- izing this more and more denced by the taste and expense which they bestow upon the printing and engraving of their letter heads , the ...
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... interest in your efforts , so far eminently successful , in carrying the country to a suc- cessful resumption . The real causes of the recent disturbances in the money market are the following : First . Government bonds have come back ...
... interest in your efforts , so far eminently successful , in carrying the country to a suc- cessful resumption . The real causes of the recent disturbances in the money market are the following : First . Government bonds have come back ...
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... interests . Courtesy should be manly , dignified , and unlabored , for when effusive and artificial it is weak . The Structure of a Letter . Business correspond- ence consists of a series of letters written to and fro until the business ...
... interests . Courtesy should be manly , dignified , and unlabored , for when effusive and artificial it is weak . The Structure of a Letter . Business correspond- ence consists of a series of letters written to and fro until the business ...
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abbreviations Address an envelope amount application Bachelor bookkeeper Boston business letter cents 66 charge Chicago circular letter class matter clerk complimentary close copy correspondence Dead-letter Office Dear Sir delivered desire Doctor Doctor of Medicine dollars Exercise favorable firm GENTLEMEN George George Dewey George Valentine Nash give Howard Fielding inclosed inclosures Introduction Salutation issued J. G. ROBINSON letter or parcel letter sheet letter writing mail matter mails his acceptance meaning Messrs methods Miss Forrest mistake money order name and address ounces package payment person post office postal card Postal Union Postmaster pounds prepaid printed punctuation receipt received registered regret remittance reply request Salutation Sir Samuel sender sent special delivery stephen tomlinson Street Superscription telegram telegraph tion truly United Universal Postal Union Vice President Washington Western Express Company William word Write letter written
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Page 38 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 192 - No letter or circular concerning lotteries, so-called gift concerts, or other similar enterprises, offering prizes, or concerning schemes devised and intended to deceive and defraud the public, for the purpose of obtaining money under false pretences, shall be carried in the mail.
Page 1 - ... range to their own fancies, and communicate to each other whatever trifles they thought fit, provided neither of them ever failed at the appointed time to answer his correspondent's letter. ' I believe I may venture to affirm that the generality of boys would find themselves more advantaged by this custom, when they come to be men, than by all the Greek and Latin their masters can teach them in seven or eight years. ' The want of it is very visible in many learned persons, who, while they are...
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Page 1 - I cannot forbear mentioning a particular which is of use in every station of life, and which, methinks, every master should teach his scholars; I mean the writing of English letters. To this end, instead of perplexing them with Latin epistles, themes, and verses, there might be a punctual correspondence established between two boys, who might act in any imaginary parts of business, or be allowed sometimes to give a range to their own fancies, and communicate to each other whatever trifles they thought...
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Page 189 - SEC. 10. That mailable matter of the second class shall embrace all newspapers and other periodical publications which are issued at stated intervals, and as frequently as four times a year, and are within the conditions named in sections twelve and fourteen.
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Page 155 - ... show, and I think it ought to be in the study, where I can look at it at least once an hour every day of my life. I have observed some extraordinary movements of the index of the barometer during the discussions that ensued, which you may be interested to see my notes of: — Barometer.