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16.7.
Datelines at the end of a letter or paper, either above or below signatures, are set on left in caps and small caps for the address and italic for the date. When the word dated is used, dateline is set in roman caps and lowercase.
- ☐May 7, 2008.
- ☐Roanoke, VA.
- ☐Roanoke, VA, July 1, 2008.
- ☐Dated July 1, 2008.
- ☐Dated Albany, March 13, 2008.
16.8.
Datelines in newspaper extracts are set at the beginning of the paragraph, the address in caps and small caps and the date in roman caps and lowercase, followed by a period and a 1-em dash.
- ☐Aboard USS Ronald Reagan April 3, 2008.—
- ☐New York, NY, August 21, 2008.—A message received here from * * *.
Addresses
16.9.
Addresses are set flush left at the beginning of a letter or paper in congressional work (or at end in formal usage).
16.10.
At beginning or at end:
- To Smith & Jones and
- ☐Brown & Green, Esqs.,
- Attorneys for Claimant.
- (Attention of Mr. Green.)
- Hon. Dianne Feinstein,
- U.S. Senate.
- Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
- U.S. House of Representatives. (Collective address.)
- The President,
- The White House.
16.11.
A long title following an address is set in italic caps and lowercase, the first line flush left and right, overruns indented 2 ems to clear a following 1-em paragraph indention.
- Hon. Daniel K. Akaka,
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management,
- ☐☐the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia, U.S. Senate,
- ☐☐Washington, DC.
