Penman's Art Journal and Penman's Gazette . rSapho, signing himself in thefashion of the time Piaandre. This is the note which has beenpreserved, and it is probably theoldest existing example of a franked Another model is represented by aletter in an envelope written byLouis 5IV himself, to a son he hadby Moie. de Montespan, the Countof Toulouse, Admiral of the Fleetduring the siege of Barcelona. Theletter is dated Versailles, April 20,1700, written, sealed, and addressedby the Kings own hand. While the use of envelopes inFrance had become common, theywere not used in England at allexcept for
Penman's Art Journal and Penman's Gazette . rSapho, signing himself in thefashion of the time Piaandre. This is the note which has beenpreserved, and it is probably theoldest existing example of a franked Another model is represented by aletter in an envelope written byLouis 5IV himself, to a son he hadby Moie. de Montespan, the Countof Toulouse, Admiral of the Fleetduring the siege of Barcelona. Theletter is dated Versailles, April 20,1700, written, sealed, and addressedby the Kings own hand. While the use of envelopes inFrance had become common, theywere not used in England at allexcept for official ( Among the archives for the Brit-ish Empire there is a letter addressedMay 16, 1696, to the Secretary ofState, the Right Honorable Sir Wil-liam Trumball, by Sir James Ogil-vie. This letter is 4^ inches longby 3 inches broad, and almost thesame as ourmodern envelopes. Thereis also preserved among the papers of anancient Yorkshire family an envelope offine paper, of the same square form,which was sent from GGnes in the year Gil Bla. from a passage of Le Sages published in 1725, AuroraGusman took two billets, put them iaenvelope, etc., that at that epoch they ly used envelopes for the Egerton collection of MSS. at theBritish Museum there is an envelope re-sembling our present envelopes, whichcontains alelter from Mme. de Pompadour,addressed to the Duchesse dAiguillon, Inthe year 1760. There is also a letter ad-dressed by Frederick the Great toan English general in his service. Itis dated Putsdam. July 28. has for cover an envelope ofcoarse paper similar to those in usein England at the present difference between the two iathat the one is open at both ends,while at the present time they areopened at the top. Before the io-Iroduction of the Penny Post envel-opes were rarely used in England,because extra carriage was chargedfor every paper inclosed in aootber. c/enma/bd QS^fkt^CLfottznxLL!? • Prepared for Business. Editor op The Joubkal: The w
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