Library of Formatting Examples:Correspondence/01B
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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 |
Without special instructions
This is the same letter as the one in the previous example, but formatted according to the Guidelines, without the extra instructions from the Post-Processor, which asked for a blank line above the name. This example also includes some slightly different explanations.
Letter as Block Quote
This letter is in a smaller font, so enclose it in Block Quotes.
Blockquote and no-wrap
Use No-wrap to signal that the heading is right-justification.
Greeting on the first line
"J." is an abbreviation, so its period goes inside the tags. The salutation is not a complete sentence, so the comma goes outside the tags.
Closing
Special indentation. Just enclose all of the lines in the closing portion of the letter in one pair of no-wraps. Move name to separate line. Only the name is in small caps, and the period is not part of the name, so it goes outside the tags.