United States | Senator Lodge | Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, | Dear Sir:  (or State) | | Washington, D.C. | or Senator | | or a private letter:  | Sir:  | | Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, | | | (His house address) | | | | ---------------+---------------------+----------------------
------+------------- Member of | Mr. Bell | The Hon. H.C.  Bell, Jr., | Dear Sir:  Congress (or | or, you may say | House of Representatives, | or Legislature) | Congressman | Washington, D.C. | Sir:  | | or:  State Assembly, | | | Albany, New York. | ---------------+---------------------+----------------------
------+------------- Governor | Governor Miller | His Excellency, The | | (The Governor is | Governor, | Your | not called | Albany, New York. | Excellency:  | Excellency when | | | spoken to and very | | | rarely when he is | | | announced.  But | | | letters are | | | addressed and begun | | | with this title | | | of courtesy.) | | ---------------+---------------------+----------------------
------+------------- Mayor | Mr. Mayor | His Honor the Mayor, | Dear Sir:  | | City Hall, Chicago. | or | | | Sir:  ---------------+---------------------+----------------------
------+------------- Cardinal | Your Eminence | His Eminence John Cardinal | Your | | Gibbons, Baltimore, Md. | Eminence:  | | | | | | ===============+=====================+======================
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=================================== | | | | | Informal | | | Correct titles in | beginning:  | Formal Close:  | Informal close:  | introduction:  |--------------+------------------
---+---------------------+-------------------- | My dear Mr. | I have the honor to | | | President:  | remain, | I have the honor to | | | Most respectfully | remain, | | | yours, | Yours faithfully, | | | or | or | The President. | | I have the honor to | I am, dear | | | remain, sir, | Mr.