We understand Mr. Harry P. Thurston has been a clerk in your house for the last three years. We are thinking of engaging him should his references prove satisfactory. Will you therefore kindly inform us if you consider him thoroughly trustworthy and reliable? By favoring us with an early answer—which shall remain strictly confidential—you will greatly oblige,
Yours truly,
F. J. Cantrell & Co.
24. From a Clerk, Asking Former Employers to Act as His Reference.
H——, November 10, 19—.
Messrs. Darling & Cross,
City.
Gentlemen:—
I am about to obtain a responsible situation in the publishing house of Messrs. F. J. Cantrell & Co., of our city; they have asked me to furnish two references of commercial standing, and having been employed by you during the last three years, I ventured to give the name of your firm in addition to that of my former employer. May I trust that you will say all you can in my favor?
I beg to remain, Gentlemen,
Yours obediently,
Harry P. Thurston.