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Writing a Business Letter

As you are researching information about local wildlife, you may wish to contact a particular organization for assistance. Here is a sample letter you can use as a guide.

101 Central Avenue
Jamestown, NY 10101
April 20, 1999
World Wildlife Fund
250 24th St., NW
Washington, DC 20037

Dear Madam or Sir:

I am in Mrs. Smith's fourth-grade science class at Hamestown Elementary School. Our class is learning about plants and animals. Our project is to make a field guide to local plants and animals.

I am writing to ask if your organization has any information about plants and animals in the area where I live that could help us with our field guides. Please send the information you may have to me at the above address. Thank you very much.

Sincerely,
 
Anne Clark


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