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.

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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

Letter as block quote

Use Block quotes around this letter. It's in a smaller font and surrounded by blank lines.

Blockquote and no-wrap

Use no-wrap to signal that the heading is right-justified. Currently (May, 2011), a blank line is OPTIONAL between an opening BQ and an opening no-wrap, and NOT USED between their closings. The Project Comments may specify a preference.

Greeting on the first line

The "J." in the greeting is an abbreviation; period inside. Comma means salutation is not a complete sentence, so the comma goes outside the markups.

Closing

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 6 spaces. It's not a complete sentence ("sincerely," has a comma), so the period goes outside.