Court or Judge. Honorable Thomas F. Graham, judge of the Superior Court. Sir: Dear Sir: or Your Honor:
[Colonel]. Colonel John Brown, commanding the First Cavalry. Or Colonel John Brown, U. S. A. Colonel:
[Doctors]. Women doctors may be addressed as Doctor Mary Walker, or as Mary Walker, M. D. See [physicians].
Dentists. Doctor John Brown. Sir: or Dear Sir:
Excellency. Excellency, Your Excellency, His Excellency, etc., were formerly applied to the President, but now such use is wrong. Foreign ministers and governors are addressed as Excellency.
General. General John Brown, commanding the armies of the U. S. General: or Sir: The former is preferred.
Governor of a State. To His Excellency Governor George C. Pardee, Governor of the State of California, or His Excellency Governor George C. Pardee. Sir: or Your Excellency:
Foreign Ministers. To His Excellency Edward Everett, Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of St. James. Your Excellency: or Sir:
Heads of State Departments, Members of State Senates, etc. Honorable John Brown, Attorney General, etc. Sir:
House of Representatives. To the Honorable the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Sir: or Mr. Speaker: