The nature of the business is usually printed or engraved at the top of the letter page, together with street, number and city, thus leaving only the date to be inserted to complete the heading.
In case the heading of the letter is to be entirely written, it should be placed so as to occupy the right-hand half of the first two lines at the top of the page. If, however, the letter is to be a very brief one, occupying only three or four lines, the heading may then be placed lower down on the sheet, so as to bring the body of the letter about the center of the sheet.
365 Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, May 5, 1900.
Writing from a large city, the heading should contain the street and number. Your correspondent, in directing his answer, will rely on the address given in your letter. Never be guilty of the blunder frequently committed, of placing a part of the heading under the signature.
The second line of the heading should begin a little farther to the right than the first line, as seen above:
EDWARD P. LEWIS. HENRY T. ROBERTS.
LEWIS & ROBERTS,
Booksellers, Newsdealers and Stationers,
1320 Broadway,
New York, .......... 19.....