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.

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/*
<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>.
*/
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[** 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
not altogether disinterested. If it had been, her
resentment at his gallantry would hardly have
been expressed in this manner. It is evident

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.