Dispensing with the runcity on rust CD VI Addresses of the Senders thereof.
Year: 1886

page_text: Dispensing with the runcity on rust CD VI
Addresses of the Senders thereof..
I WILLIAM EVANS of Rowley Park Stafford Manager to a Wine Merchant do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:—
A method for dispensing with the publicity of the names and addresses of the
Senders of Post cards by the substitution of indexes which are Letters or Numbers
or Letters and numbers combined The index on any Post card represents the
Sender and corresponds with a similar one in the possession of the Addressee, and so
refers him to the name and address of the Sender. Directories, Ledgers and other
account books are largely available for this method. .3

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Addresses of the Senders thereof.
WILLIAM EVANS Rowley Park Stafford Manager to a Wine Merchant I the said
William Evans, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:
A method for dispensing with publicity of names and addresses of Senders of
Post cards by the substitution of indexes which are Letters or Numbers or Letters
and, Numbers, combined. The index on any, Post card represents the Sender and
corresponds with a similar one in possession of the Addressee and so, refers him to
the name and address of the Sender. Directories, Ledgers and other account books
are largely available for this method by assigning to the name and address of every
person therein or of such persons as it is requisite so to do, an index of the above
description which index should for purpose of easy reference be one in a system of
indexes alphabetically or numerically, either or both, arranged: thus Letters or
Numbers may be used simply or combinedly) and may be extended into as many
series as required by the use of other Letters or numbers, either or both; as prefixes,
affixes, enumerators or denominators. Of many examples I may suggest the
following, viz. A printed directory may be divided into districts by the use of a
different letter or number for each district or division; the number on the page can
be used as an enumerator, and the number assigned to any name and address will
be the denominator; thus H used as an index on a Post card would stand for
the person whose name and address was against number 13 on page 109 in
directory division H. It may be convenient in some cases to denote different
parts of a page by means of a letter or number; as an example H would stand
109
13
220
2 or b
109
13 a
as before, only in division a of page 109 in directory division H. Ledgers are
specially adapted for this purpose, as the number of the page, when a whole page is
devoted to one person's account, would be a sufficient index; or when more than
one Ledger is in use at the same time, or more than one person's account appears on
each page, the particular book can be denoted by a letter or number, the page
number can be used as enumerator and the position of the account indicated by
another letter or number; thus B used on a Post card as an index to the
Sender's name and address would stand for the person whose account stood in
ledger B page 220 position number 2 or letter b. As a further example in Ledgers,
the accounts may be lettered and numbered, either or both, irrespectively of the
numbers on the pages; and similar letters and numbers, either or both, used as.an
index on a Post card would be a direct reference to the Sender's name and address
in the Ledger. Or the lists of persons' names and addresses whose accounts are kept.
in any Ledger, arranged in alphabetical order and commonly known as the Ledger
in lex, can be utilized and other letters or numbers assigned thereto for use on Post
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page_text: cards and to form a reference to the Senders thereof. Manuscript lists of names
and addresses of persons to whom indexes have been assigned for use on Post cards
can be prepared to suit the requirements of particular persons or cases. Amongst
the advantages of my method are those of the Senders of Post cards being
unknown except to addressee, the curtailment of room usually taken up for name
and address of Sender, the obviation of such formalities as are in the nature of a
Letter, and an improved and simplified means of cheap communication between
Merchants and Tradespeople and their customers; as the Post cards which
Merchants and Tradespeople supply ready addressed to themselves for use by their
customers could be also ready indexed, and thus avoid the publicity of names and
addresses of Senders which makes the use of Post-cards objectionable to many
people.
.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
my claim is :-
Protection for the use on Post cards, or on any card. which may be, now or
hereafter, transmitted through the Post as a Post card or in lieu of a Post card, of
any index or indexes of the foregoing description composed wholly or in part of
Letters or Numbers or combinations thereof which represent the Senders thereof
and whose names and addresses are thereby referred to'; or by means of which
index or indexes the Addressee can ascertain the names and addresses of the
Senders of the Post cards.
Dated this 25th day of Aunt 7006
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