Library of Formatting Examples:Correspondence/01A
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The Duke's letter of apology is full of calm dignity, but one regrets that the accusation was not dismissed with a show, at least, of righteous indignation. /# /* <sc>London</sc>, Jan. 13, 1835. */ <sc>My dear Miss J.</sc>,--I beg your pardon if I have written a line or used an expression which could annoy you. Believe me; it is the thing of all others that I would wish to avoid! And that there is nobody more strongly impressed than I am with veneration for your Virtues, attainments and Sentiments! /* Believe me Ever Yours Most sincerely, <sc>Wellington</sc>. */ #/[*** No blank lines between these closing tags] This quarrel is of chief interest as indicating that Miss J.'s anxiety for the Duke's soul was |
Block quotes and no-wraps
Use block quotes around the letter as a whole. It's in a smaller font and surrounded by blank lines. Use no-wrap within those to signal that the heading is right-justified. Currently, a blank line is optional between an opening block quote and an opening no-wrap, and not used between their closings. The project comments may specify a preference.
Inline formatting in greetings
The "J." in the greeting is an abbreviation and so the period goes inside. A comma means the salutation is not a complete sentence, so the comma goes outside the markups.
Closing
The closing has special indentation. Just enclose all of the lines in the closing portion of the letter in one pair of no-wraps.
The post-processor wanted a blank line above the signature. If in doubt, ask. Move the signature to a separate line, rather than using six spaces. It's not a complete sentence ("sincerely," has a comma), so the period goes outside.
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