Its dimensions are as follows:—
Size of the entire case, 5 feet 1-1/4 inches, by 4 feet 2-1/2 inches.
Size of pigeon holes or letter boxes, 3-3/4 by 2-1/4 inches.
Thickness of outside of case and lettered shelves, 3/4 of an inch.
Intermediate shelves, 1/4 inch thick.
Upright partitions of boxes, 1/8 inch thick—partitions cut out concave in front.
The legs or supports of the case should be about 2 feet in length, and "white wood" is considered the best material for the entire case.
Paint can be used for the lettering, or letters printed upon paper, and pasted on separately, will answer the purpose.
THE END.
FOOTNOTES:
The use of numerals is introduced by the transcriber. Footnotes were indicated by a * in the original.
[1] See Act of Congress establishing the compensation of Special Agents.
[2] Rowland Hill, Esq.
Transcriber's note
- Obvious punctuation and spelling errors repaired.
- Several compound words had dual spellings: They were changed for consistency's sake to the hyphenated form as follows:
| handbills | → | hand-bills (p. 262) |
| handwriting | → | hand-writing (p. 69, 73, 182, 372) |
| ladylike | → | lady-like (p. 150, 158) |
| missent | → | mis-sent (p. 208, 375) |
| overcoat | → | over-coat (pp. 37, 38, 39, 85, 89, 332, 354, 415, 437) |
| postmark | → | post-mark (p. 336, 358) |
| prepaid | → | pre-paid (pp. 100, 105, 404, 419, 425, 440) |
| prepayment | → | pre-payment (p. 425, 447) |
| reelected | → | re-elected (pp. xii, xiii) |
| roommate | → | room-mate (p. 233, 251) |
| selectmen | → | select-men (p. 302, 322) |
| stagecoach | → | stage-coach (p. 219, 237) |
| unduped | → | un-duped (p. xxii) |