3 boxes Sperm Candles. 140 lbs., @33c. $46.20
7 do. Adamantine Extra Candles, 182 lbs., "26c. 47.32
120 lbs. Crushed Sugar, "12-1/2c. 15.00
60 do. Coffee do., "11-1/4c. 6.75
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$115.27
LETTER OF APPLICATION.
[Cursive: 176 Clinton St. Brooklyn, N. Y. Dec. 12, 1887
Messrs. Fisk & Hatch, 5 Nassau St., N. Y.
Gentlemen,
Learning by advertisement that a clerkship in your house is vacant, I beg leave to offer myself as a candidate for the place. I am sixteen years old, and am strong and in excellent health. I have just graduated with honor from the seventh grade of the Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, and I enclose testimonials of my character and standing from the President of that Institution.
If you desire a personal interview, I shall be glad to present myself at such time and place as you may name.
Very respectfully yours,
Charles Hastings.]
NOTES OF INVITATION AND ACCEPTANCE (in the third person).