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37 15 915 Union Trust Building, Detroit, Michigan, December 8th,1908. Professor Francis W. Kelsey, 325 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dear Sir- Mr. Freer was called east yesterday afternoon for several days absence, and before leaving he requested me to write you giving information in connection with the possible use of paper boards instead of wooden boards for binding the 265 books of Deuteronomy and Joshua manuscript, obtained by me from the Richmond & Backus Company, this city, which company has given me prices, as follows, for quality and thickness of boards, as per numbered samples herein, and for the quantity required for the 265 books, i.e. 530 boards of dimensions about 14-1/4" x 16-1/2". No. 8 ------ $50.00 No 10 ------ 41.00 No 20 ------ 46.00 No 25 ------ 37.00 No 30 ------ 31.00 The above prices include cutting the boards to size. The card-board is called the " Davey Trunk Board" and is received here from the mills in carload lots; Nos. 8 & 10 coming in sheets, 33" x 44" and Nos. 20, 25 & 30 in sheets, 22" x 27". From the larger size
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