The copying clerk arranged the portion of the letter book to be used in the following sequence starting from the front : a sheet of oiled paper, then a sheet of letter book tissue, then a letter placed face up against the back of the tissue on which the copy was to be made, then another oiled paper, etc.
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The copying clerk arranged the portion of the letter book to be used in the following sequence starting from the front : a sheet of oiled paper, then a sheet of letter book tissue, then a letter placed face up against the back of the tissue on which the copy was to be made, then another oiled paper, etc.
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:Also, people of that era kept track of letters with a letter book / letterbook . ( It's odd to see that those are red links, since we have articles on almost everything . ) During the Revolution, there's a letter from John Adams to Abigail advising her to get a binder or letterbook to preserve their correspondence . Myers 05 : 17, 18 September 2011 ( UTC)
