We have this day shipped to your address, per Adams Express, the goods ordered in your favor of the 10th inst.
Enclosed you will please find invoice of the same, amounting to $33.
Hoping that the shipment may arrive safely and prove satisfactory, and soliciting further orders,
We are,
Very respectfully yours,
Bertram Bros. & Co.
40. From a Farmer to a Commission House That Has Been Recommended to Him.
Riverview Corners, Mich., March 1, 19—.
Messrs. Smith & Smith,
Produce Commission Merchants,
Chicago.
Gentlemen:—
My old friend, Farmer Harry Jones, of St. Joseph, spoke to me, the other day, about your firm, and the satisfactory business relations he has had with you for the past three years. I have decided to place the sale of my produce in your hands. I ship every year about