The Gentleman's Model Letter-writer: A Complete Guide to Correspondence on All Subjects, with Commercial FormsAnonymous
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The Gentleman's Model Letter-writer: A Complete Guide to Correspondence on All Subjects, with Commercial Forms
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Letter writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
KNOW all men by these presents, that I, A. B., of ----, for and in
consideration of the sum of ----, in hand, paid, at and before the
sealing and delivery hereof, by C. D., of ----, the receipt whereof
I do hereby acknowledge, have bargained and sold, and by these
presents do bargain and sell unto the said C. D., all the goods,
household stuff, and implements of household, and all other goods
whatsoever mentioned in the schedule hereunto annexed, now remaining
and being in ----. To have and to hold all and singular the goods,
household stuff, and implements of household, and every of them by
these presents, bargained and sold unto the said C. D., his
executors, administrators, and assigns for ever, and I, the said A.
B., for myself, my executors, and administrators, all and singular,
of the said goods, unto the said C. D., his executors and
administrators and assigns, and against all and every other person
and persons whatsoever, shall and will warrant and for ever defend
by these presents, of which goods I, the said A. B., have put the
said C. D., in possession, by delivering him one silver candelabrum,
&c., on the sealing hereof; in witness whereof I have hereunto put
my hand and seal this ---- day of ----, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ----
A. B.
Signed, sealed, and delivered, } C. D.
in the presence of us, } E. F.
DIRECTIONS FOR ADDRESSING PERSONS OF RANK, &c.
_1. In Letters or Conversation._
_2. The Directions of Letters._
THE ROYAL FAMILY.
The QUEEN--
1. Madam; Most Gracious Sovereign; May it please your Majesty.
2. To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
The Sons and Daughters, Brothers and Sisters of Sovereigns--
1. Sir, or Madam, May it please your Royal Highness.
2. To His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
To Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge.
OTHER BRANCHES OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.
1. Sir, or Madam, May it please your Highness.
2. To His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge; or, To Her Royal
Highness the Princess Mary of Teck.
THE NOBILITY.
A Duke, or Duchess--
1. My Lord Duke, or Madam, May it please your Grace.
2. To His Grace the Duke of Bedford; or, To Her Grace the Duchess of
Bedford.
A Marquis, or Marchioness--
1. My Lord, or Madam, May it please your Lordship, or, May it please
your Ladyship.
2. To the Most Noble the Marquis, or Marchioness, of Westminster.
An Earl or Countess--the same.
To the Right Honourable the Earl, or Countess, of Shrewsbury.
A Viscount or Viscountess--
1. My Lord, or Madam, May it please your Lordship, or, May it please
your Ladyship.
2. To the Right Honourable Viscount, or Viscountess, Lifford.
A Baron or Baroness--the same.
To the Right Honourable, the Lord Wensleydale, or The Lady St. John.
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