The Clerk's Guide: Or, Commercial Correspondence; Comprising Letters of Business, Forms of Bills, Invoices, Account-sales, and an Appendix, Containing Advice to Young Tradesmen and Shopkeepers, Equation of Payments, Commercial Terms, &c |
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... principal design in this com- pilation has been to supply a deficiency in that department of our useful literature bearing up- on the wants and interests of the mercantile community , and to furnish an appropriate Ex- ercise Book 1 ...
... principal design in this com- pilation has been to supply a deficiency in that department of our useful literature bearing up- on the wants and interests of the mercantile community , and to furnish an appropriate Ex- ercise Book 1 ...
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... principal subjects of the letter replied to . In this , however , merchants have also another object , which is to render their letter - books , as far as possible , a history of their transactions , for the advantage of ready reference ...
... principal subjects of the letter replied to . In this , however , merchants have also another object , which is to render their letter - books , as far as possible , a history of their transactions , for the advantage of ready reference ...
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... be found immediately . This facility is insured by all letters being folded in a similar form by the clerk who receives them from the principal every morning , after they have been read : he then endorses each with INTRODUCTION . 27.
... be found immediately . This facility is insured by all letters being folded in a similar form by the clerk who receives them from the principal every morning , after they have been read : he then endorses each with INTRODUCTION . 27.
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... principal subjects of the letter be briefly noted immediately after the above endorse- ment of the date , & c . , thus - for example : Remittance of $ 1,500 . Bill of lading 10 bales of Cotton per Fortuna . Markets . Proposed adventure ...
... principal subjects of the letter be briefly noted immediately after the above endorse- ment of the date , & c . , thus - for example : Remittance of $ 1,500 . Bill of lading 10 bales of Cotton per Fortuna . Markets . Proposed adventure ...
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... principal characteristic of a merchant's correspondence , is arrangement . Fine writing , rounded periods , rhe- torical flourishes , and elaborate sentences , are as much out of place in a letter on business , as a lady's cashmere ...
... principal characteristic of a merchant's correspondence , is arrangement . Fine writing , rounded periods , rhe- torical flourishes , and elaborate sentences , are as much out of place in a letter on business , as a lady's cashmere ...
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The Clerk's Guide, Or Commercial Correspondence: Comprising Letters of ... Benjamin Franklin Foster No preview available - 2017 |
The Clerk's Guide: Or, Commercial Correspondence; Comprising Letters of ... Benjamin Franklin Foster No preview available - 2016 |
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