cash, I am compelled to remind you that I have in my possession your due bill for the sum of $- I therefore hope to hear from you, if convenient, by return of mail, and remain, My dear sir, Yours, most sincerely, HENRY PRIOR. TO HENRY SWIFT, ESQ., Broadway, New York. Another. PEARL ST., NEW YORK, March 7th, 18 DEAR SIR,-I must remind you that I still hold your due bill for the sum of $attention, as I am just money. and hope you will give it early now much troubled for ready Yours very truly, TO HENRY SWIFT, ESQ., Broadway, New York. HENRY PRIOR. Another, more Pressing. PEARL ST., NEW YORK, March 7th, 18—. SIR,-I must again remind you of your promise to take up your due bill for the sum of $ on the 15th of Nothing but my really wanting the money would have induced me to be thus urgent, but I assure you that further delay will materially inconvenience my business arrangeYours most faithfully, ments. TO HENRY SWIFT, ESQ., Broadway, New York. HENRY PRIOR. In Answer to the Above. BROADWAY, March 9th, 18 DEAR SIR,—I am happy in being able to inclose you the sum for which I have been already too long your debtor. Assuring you that unforeseen disappointments have been the sole cause of any want of punctuality, Believe me, dear sir, Your obliged and faithful servant, TO HENRY PRIOR, ESQ., Pearl St., New York. From a Tenant to a Landlord, excusing Delay in Paying his Rent. BLEECKER ST., NEW YORK, Aug. 1st, 18—. SIR, -For ten years past I have been your tenant, and you are aware that I never failed to pay my rent when it was due; but now, owing to sickness and the general business depression, which has prevented me from obtaining regular employment, I am reluctantly compelled to ask your indulgence. Next month I will be in receipt of funds from a friend in the western part of this State, when I will liquidate your just demand. Your concession of this favor will be ever gratefully acknowledged by, Your very humble servant, TO SIMEON MEEK, ESQ., West 14th St., New York. RALPH HOSMER. Reply to the Foregoing. WEST 14th ST., NEW YORK, Aug. 3d, 18-. DEAR SIR,-I am truly sorry to hear of your sickness and mischances in business, and trust you will speedly surmount the inconvenience arising from them. It is very far from my design to oppress any tenant, and particularly one of whose honesty and punctuality I have had such ample experience as in your case. You need not therefore make yourself uneasy about the rent, as no demand will be made upon you until it is convenient for you to pay, for I feel perfectly assured that you will not keep it from me any I am, dear sir, Yours respectfully, longer. TO MR. RALPH HOSMER, Bleecker St., New York. SIMEON MEEK. From a Farmer, on the same Subject. ORANGE, N. Y., Sept. 18th, 18 HONORED SIR,—I am extremely sorry that through a variety of unforeseen accidents, I am obliged to write to you on such a subject as this. The season last year was bad, but I was enabled to pay you. The present one has turned out much worse, and it being so long before we could get the corn home, it is not yet fit to be sold. I only beg your patience for about two months longer, when I hope to pay you faithfully, with gratitude. I am, sir, Your honest tenant and humble servant, TO ELIJAH WEEKS, ESQ., Hackensack, N. J. To a Physician in the City, asking his Advice. WETHERSFIELD, CT., July 6th, 18—. SIR, -For a long time past I have been suffering in the most distressing manner from a long train of symptoms which have baffled the skill of all the medical men down here, and which, I fear, if not arrested in their progress, will terminate in the total prostration of my strength. Loss of appetite, and desire of stimulating and artificial means of sustenance at irregular times, want of healthy sleep and consequent depression on rising in the morning, render life quite a burden to me, and interfere seriously with the discharge of my professional duties. I am of a florid complexion, slightly corpulent (state description of appearance, habits, whether sedentary or active, etc., profession, and the hours it occupies, early habits, and any other particulars you think may bear upon the matter.) My friend Mr. Stout, who has been staying here for a few days, speaks in high terms of your treatment of him under similar circumstances. As far as I can perceive, our constitutions, as well as our complaints, are very similar, and so satisfied am I of your professional repute, that I would gladly have paid a visit to New York to consult you in person; various reasons, however, render that impossible, and I therefore hope that you will enter into a correspondence with me on the subject. Meanwhile, I beg to inclose a check for $30 upon the Hartford Bank, and assure you that I shall think the restoration of my health more than an equivalent for any sum it may cost me. I have the honor to remain, sir, REV. AND DEAR SIR,—I regret that the pressure of business prevents my accompanying my son down to Hartley Hall, as I should gladly have had a few minutes' conversation with you, relative to his future course of studies. At the same time, I have such thorough confidence both in your will and capability to train youth in a manner calculated to render them useful to themselves and others, that I unhesitatingly intrust my dear boy to your charge, only hoping that he may prove worthy of the attention which I feel persuaded he will receive at your hands. I have the honor to remain, sir, Your very obedient and faithful servant, TO THE REV. SAMUEL HARTLEY, Hartley Hall, Annapolis, Md. From the same Gentleman, desirous of ascertaining the State of his Son's Improvement at School. BALTIMORE, Dec. 7th, 18-. REV. AND DEAR SIR,-I write a few lines to express my hope that the improvement of my son is such as to satisfy both your undoubted skill and attention, and my own anxiety. Feeling that his delicate health in early life has placed him at some disadvantage, I am the more desirous to ascertain the present state of his progress in your establishment. With kindest compliments to Mrs. Hartley, and sincere hopes that we may both find George all that we could wish, believe me to remain, Reverend and dear sir, Your sincerely faithful servant, TO THE REV. SAMUEL HARTLEY, Hartley Hall, Annapolis, Md. Form of an Order to be sent to a Publisher. ELK CREEK, Dec. 3d, 18-. GENTLEMEN,-Inclosed please find $6.80, for which please send me, per return of mail, the following books: Chesterfield's Letter-writer and Etiquette....$0.40 1.50 The American Boy's Book of Sports and Games 3.50 .40 Please address THOMAS WILSON, Elk Creek Postoffice, Stone Co., Mich. TO MESSRS. DICK & FITZGERALD, Publishers, New York. |