%  sample fancy letter - UIC math letterhead plus embellishments
% for Math 589 class
%  August 29, 2007


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\signature{Steve  Hurder}
\begin{letter}{Society of Good Fellows\\
11235813 Euler Lane\\
Chicago, IL 60601}

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~\\*[-0.6in]\hspace*{-0.5in}{\huge \sf UIC}
\parbox[b]{1.8in}{\small\sf The University of Illinois\\at Chicago}\\[0.1in]
{\small\sf Professor Steven Hurder \hfill   Telephone: (312) 413-2154\\
Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science \hfill  Messages: (312) 996-3041\\
322 SEO  (m/c 249) \hfill E-Mail:  hurder@uic.edu\\
851 South Morgan Street  \hfill \\
Chicago, IL 60607-7045 \hfill }
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\opening{Dear Sir or Madame:}

I have been pleased to write this letter in  \LaTeX  ~ myself, and so would like to ask that you include me henceforth in the \emph{Society of Good Fellows}.

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{\LARGE Thank you very much for your}  \hfill
$\mathtt{very \, kind ~ attention \quad to \; this \;\;\;  matter}$.

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\textsc {I look forward to hearing from you,  \underline{Soon}}!
  
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 \closing{Sincerely,}
 
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