ADDRESS
Theaddressofalettere,thetitleandtheresidence。
Mr。HughBlack,
112SouthgateStreet,
Altoona,
Pa。
Intimatefrieenfamiliarnamesforeachother,suchaspetnames,c。,whichtheyuseinthefreedomofversation,butsuamesshouldnever,underanyces,appearohesubsontheenvelopeshouldbealithproprietyanessandasifpennedbyaraheonlydiffitheeiole。EverymaoMr。aoMrs。andeveryuoMiss。Evenaboyiseer。WhehanoneisaddressedthetitleisMessrs。Mesdamesissometimeswrittehepersoitleitiscourteoustouseit,buttitlesbeduplicated。
Thus,wewrite
&,M。D。,butnever
Dr。RobertStitt,M。D,or
Mr。RobertStitt,M。D。
InwritingtoamedicaldoctoritiswelltoindicatehisprofessioersM。D。soastodifferentiatehimfromaD。D。ItisbettertowriteRobertStitt,M。D。,tha。
IntheentheprefixRev。isretaiheyhaveothertitles?as
&racyTooke,LL。D。
ersohaisarytooheleadihusinsteadRev。SamuelMab,B。A。,M。A。,B。Sc。,Ph。D。,LL。D。,D。D。theformemployedisRev。SamuelMab,LL。D。LL。D。isappendedioD。D。bemostcasesthe"Rev。"impliesa"D。D。"whileparativelyfewwiththeprefix"Rev。"areeo"LL。D。"
InthecaseofHonorablessuchasGes,Membersofgress,ahee;Hon。"doesawaywithMr。ahuswewriteHon。JosiahSnifkins,notHon。Mr。JosiahSnifkinsorHon。JosiahShoughthisprefixHon。isalsoofteoGovernorstheyshouldbeaddressedasExstance:
HisExcy,
CharlesE。Hughes,
Albany,
N。Y。
InwritingtothePresidentthesupersontheenvelopeshouldbe