You will find it convenient to write, at the top of every sheet of a ‘received’ Letter, its Register-Number in full.

I will now give a few (ideal) specimen pages of my Letter-Register, and make a few remarks on them: after which I think you will find it easy enough to manage one for yourself.

29217/90.
(217)
sendg,
J., a		Ap. 1 (Tu.) Jones, Mrs. am
as present from self and Mr.
white elephant.		27518
225
(218)
grand		do. Wilkins & Co. bill, for
piano, £175 10s. 6d. [pd		28743
221, 2
(219)
‘Grand
to borr		do. Scareham, H. [writes from
Hotel, Monte Carlo’] asking
ow £50 for a few weeks (!)		☉
☉(220) do. Scareham, H. would
know object, for wh loan is
and security offered.		like to
asked,
218
246		(221) Ap. 3. Wilkins & Co.
vious letter, now before me,
undertook to supply one for
decling to pay more.		in pre-
you
£120:
23514
218
228		(222) do. Cheetham & Sharp.
written 221—enclosing previo
ter—is law on my side?		have
us let-
[
(223)
G. N.
dresse
‘very		Ap. 4. Manager, Goods Statn,
R. White Elephant arrived, ad-
d to you—send for it at once—
savage’.		226

29225/90.
217
230		(225) Ap. 4. (F) Jones, Mrs. th
but no room for it at present, am
ing it to Zoological Gardens.		anks,
send-
223(226) do. Manager, Goods Sta
N. R. please deliver, to bearer
note, case containg White Ele-
addressed to me.		tn, G.
of this
phant

223
229		(227) do. Director Zool. Garde
closing above note to R. W. Ma
call for valuable animal, prese
Gardens.		ns. (en-
nager)
nted to
(228)
misquo
is £18		Ap. 8. Cheetham & Sharp. you
te enclosed letter, limit named
0.		222
237
(229)
case de
Port—
quet—		Ap. 9. Director, Zoo. Gardens.
livered to us contained 1 doz.
consumed at Directors’ Ban-
many thanks.		227
230
225
☉		(230) do. T Jones, Mrs. why
doz. of Port a ‘White Elephant’?		call a
(231)
joke’.		do. T Jones, Mrs. ‘it was a☉

29233/90.
242(233) Ap. 10. (Th) Page & Co.
Macaulay’s Essays and “Jane
(cheap edtn).		orderg
Eyre”
(234)
2 or 3		do. Aunt Jemima—invitg for
days after the 15th. [		236
(235)
recevd
& Co.		do. Lon. and West. Bk. have
£250, pd to yr Acct fm Parkins
Calcutta[en
234
239		(236) do. Aunt Jemima—can
possibly come this month, will
when able.		not
write
[
228
240		(237) Ap. 11. Cheetham and
turn letter enclosed to you.		Co. re-
[×
245(238) do. Morton, Philip. Co
lend me Browning’s ‘Dramati
sonæ’ for a day or 2?		uld you
s Per-
(239)
ing ho
‘136,		Ap. 14. Aunt Jemima, leav-
use at end of month: address
Royal Avenue, Bath.’ [		236
(240)
returng		Ap. 15. Cheetham and Co.,
letter as reqd, bill 6/6/8. [		237
244

29242/90.
(242)
for boo		Ap. 15. (Tu) Page & Co. bill
ks, as ordered, 15/6 [		233
}
247
(243)do. ¶ do. books
240
248		(244) do. Cheetham and Co. c
derstand the 6/8—what is £6		an un-
for?
(245)
matis		Ap. 17. ¶ Morton, P. ‘Dra-
Personæ’, as asked for. [retd		238
249
221
250		(246) do. Wilkins and Co. w
bill, 175/10/6, and ch. for do.		ith
[en
243(247) do. Page and Co. bill,
postal J⁄Σ107258 for 15/- and		15/6,
6 stps.
(248)
was a		Ap. 18. Cheetham and Co. it
‘clerical error’ (!)		244
245(249) Ap. 19. Morton, P. retu
Browning with many thanks.		rng
(250)
bill.		do. Wilkins and Co. receptd246