7.Superscription
1. The Heading
The heading of a letter contains the street address, city, state, and the date. The examples below will illustrate:
| 2018 Calumet Street | or | 1429 Eighth Avenue |
| Chicago, Ill. | New York, N.Y. | |
| May 12, 1921 | March 8, 1922 | |
In the business letterhead appear the name of the firm, its address, and the kind of business engaged in
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When the heading is typewritten or written by hand, it is placed at the top of the first letter sheet close to the right-hand margin. It should begin about in the center, that is, it should extend no farther to the left than the center of the page. If a letter is short and therefore placed in the center of a page, the heading will of course be lower and farther in from the edge than in a longer letter. But it should never be less than an inch from the top and three quarters of an inch from the edge.
In the business letterhead appear the name of the firm, its address, and the kind of business engaged in. The last is often omitted in the case of widely known firms or where the nature of the business is indicated by the name of the firm.