The firm in its own voice

This is the brothers in business voice, with the plain confidence of a young office asking to be taken seriously.

Pattison Brothers Letter to the U.S. Mint facsimile — Letterhead and promised services

Business letter / July 20, 1891

The brothers describe their own work

The letter is not family memory and not a reporter's summary. It is the office saying what it could do: plans, specifications, supervision, inspection, testing, and reports.

Where this page comes from Firm letter to the United States Mint, July 20, 1891

Why it changes the telling This is the brothers in business voice, with the plain confidence of a young office asking to be taken seriously.

How far it carries us It carries the service model and professional ambition. It does not show that the Mint awarded the job.

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Pattison Brothers Letter to the U.S. Mint

PATTISON BROTHERS LETTER TO THE U.S. MINT NARA RG104 / Internet Archive derivative, July 20, 1891 Local OCR verification note.

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verification_excerpt: Entry 1, Box 172 Pattison Brothers, Consulting and Constructing Electrical Engineers, New York, July 20 | Entry 1, Box 172 Pattison Brothers, Consulting and Constructing Electrical Engineers, New York, July 20 | servjceto tho¬ se needing the assistance of unbiased Engineers. Our Clients can save mo n e y an d a t the s