20, 1921.

Mr. George A. Allen,
789 Fourth Avenue,
Hillside, N. Y.

My dear Sir:

I have your letter of April 17th asking for further
particulars on the property which I advertised for sale in
last Sunday's _Republic_. I think that by inspecting this
property you can gain a much clearer idea of its desirability
than I can possibly convey to you in a letter. If you will
telephone to me, I will arrange any appointment that suits
your convenience.

The house is ten years old--that is, it was built when
materials and workmanship were first-class. It has been kept
up by the owner, has never been rented, and is to-day a more
valuable house than when it was originally constructed. It is
three stories in height, contains fifteen rooms, four
bathrooms, breakfast porch, sun porch, children's breakfast
porch, a laundry, butler's pantry, a storage pantry, and a
refrigerator pantry. It stands on a plot of ground 150 x 200
feet, which has been laid out in lawn and gardens, and in fact
there are several thousand dollars' worth of well-chosen and
well-placed plants, including many evergreens and
rhododendrons. The trim of the house, including the floors, is
hard wood throughout, and the decorations are such that
nothing whatsoever would have to be done before occupancy.

I enclose two photographs. The owner's price is $60,000, and I
know that he would be willing to arrange terms.

Very truly yours,
R. A. Smith.

(Note--Essentially the same letter could be written offering the house
for rental, furnished or unfurnished, as the case might be.)

49 Main Street,
Albany, N. Y.,
October 8, 1924.

Mr. Henry Grimes,
Catskill, N. Y.

Dear Sir:

The business property that I offered for sale in yesterday's
_Republic_ and concerning which I have a letter from you this
morning is particularly well suited for a specialty shop or
any kind of a store that would be benefited by the passing of
large numbers of people before its show windows. It is located
at the corner of Third and Main Streets with a frontage of
thirty feet on Main Street and runs back seventy feet on Third