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Examples: Citing Letters, Memos, & Other Correspondence

FIrst Note

1. Charles Hanson to Nancy McPhaul, August 22, 2008.

Subsequent Note

2. Hanson, letter to McPhaul.

Bibliography

Hanson, Charles. Charles Hanson to Nancy McPhaul, Atherton, CA, August 22, 2008.

First Note

3. Moses Roper to Thomas Price, June 27, 1836, in Slave Testimony, ed. John W. Blassingame (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1977), 25.

Subsequent Note

4. Roper, letter to Price.

Bibliography

Roper, Moses. Moses Roper to Thomas Price, June 27, 1836. In Slave Testimony, edited by John W. Blassingame. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1977.

First Note

5. Alexander Scammell to Naby Bishop, June 8, 1977, EBSCO History Reference Center.

Subsequent Note

6. Scammell, letter to Bishop.

Bibliography

Scammell, Alexander. Alexander Scammell to Naby Bishop, June 8, 1977. EBSCO History Reference Center.

First Note

7. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bess Truman, April 25, 1945, in Eleanor and Harry: Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, ed. Steve Neal, http://www.trumanlibrary.org/eleanor/1945.html.

Subsequent Note

8. Roosevelt, letter to Truman.

Bibliography

Roosevelt, Eleanor. Eleanor Roosevelt to Bess Truman, April 25, 1945. In Eleanor and Harry: Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, edited by Steve Neal. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/eleanor/1945.html.

First Note

9. Charles Hanson, "Correction Needed on Citation Examples," e-mail message to Cathy Rettberg, September 30, 2011.

Subsequent Note

10. Hanson, email to Rettberg.

Bibliography

Hanson, Charles. "Correction Needed on Citation Examples." E-mail message to Cathy Rettberg, September 30, 2011.