Applying for a Situation as a Gardener.
Snowdrop Cottage, June 1st, 187—
Sir,
Understanding that there will be a vacancy shortly in your establishment for a gardener, I respectfully beg to offer myself for the place. From boyhood I have been under the best of gardeners. I served my apprenticeship with, and have been from time to time improving myself under the direction of one of the most experienced landscape gardeners employed in the Crystal Palace Gardens. I enclose you a copy of the opinion formed of my capabilities by those under whom I placed myself, and assure you my whole time and study shall be devoted to your service.
I remain,
Yours obediently,
E. Gardner.
A Gentleman ordering a Set of Harness from a Saddler.
Edisbury Place, February 4th, 187—