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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
119
S.
E.
LAW,
WILLOW
GROVE,
NEW
YORK.
In
writing
to
a
dear
friend
or
relative,
where
there
is
no
formality
required,
you
may
omit
the
name
at
the
top
of
the
letter;
put
the
date
and
address
thus--
WILLOW
GROVE,
NEW
YORK,
June
27th,
1859.
DEAR
ANNA:
I
write,
etc.
It
is
best,
however,
to
put
the
full
name
at
the
bottom
of
the
last
page,
in
case
the
letter
is
mislaid
without
the
envelope;
thus--
E.
C.
LAW.
MISS
ANNA
WRIGHT.
If
you
use
an
envelope,
and
this
custom
is
now
universal,
fold
your
letter
neatly
to
fit
into
it;
then
direct
on
the
envelope.
Put
first
the
name,
then
the
name
of
the
person
to
whose
care
the
letter
must
be
directed,
then
the
street,
the
city,
and
State.
If
the
town
is
small,
put
also
the
county.
This
is
the
form:--
MISS
ANNA
WRIGHT,
Care
of
Mr.
John
C.
Wright,
No.
40,
Lexington
street,
Greensburg--Lee
County.
Mass.
If
the
city
is
a
large
one,
New
York,
Philadelphia,
Baltimore,
or
any
of
the
principal
cities
of
the
Union,
you
may
omit
the
name
of
the
county.
If
your
letter
is
to
go
abroad,
add
the
name
of
the
country:
as,
England,
or
France,
in
full,
under
that
of
the
city.
The
name
of
the
state
is
usually
abbreviated,
and
for
the
use
of
my
readers,
I
give
the
names
of
the
United
States
with
their
abbreviations:
Maine,
Me.
New
Hampshire,
N.
H.
Vermont,
Vt.
Massachusetts,
Mass.
Rhode
Island,
R.
I.
Connecticut,
Conn.
New
York,
N.
Y.
New
Jersey,
N.
J.
Pennsylvania,
Pa.,
or,
Penn.
Delaware,
Del.
Maryland,
Md.
Virginia,
Va.
North
Carolina,
N.
C.
South
Carolina,
S.
C.
Georgia,
Ga.,
or,
Geo.
Alabama,
Ala.
Mississippi,
Miss.
Missouri,
Mo.
Louisiana,
La.
Tennessee,
Tenn.
Kentucky,
Ky.
Indiana,
Ind.
Ohio,
O.
Michigan,
Mich.
Illinois,
Ill.
Wisconsin,
Wis.
Arkansas,
Ark.
Texas,
Tex.
Iowa,
Io.
Florida,
Flo.
Oregon,
O.
California,
Cal.
Minnesota,
Minn.
District
of
Columbia,
D.
C.
If
you
are
writing
from
another
country
to
America,
put
United
States
of
America
after
the
name
of
the
state.
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