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The publications of The Augustan Society, Inc., need a consistent style so as to present a consistent and professional appearance. This page is an effort to establish such a standard.

Typographic Standards

• Serial commas in all situations — alpha, beta, and gamma
• Date format is day month year — 18 August 1957
• Calendar designation shall be either "BC" or "AD" whenever there may be ambiguity — AD 1957 or 3400 BC, but 2 January 201 AD
• Acronyms composed of initials shall omit periods — thus USA, FAS, PhD
• Footnotes, if not too numerous, shall use symbols — * † ‡ ** †† ‡‡
• Footnotes go at the bottom of columns, not grouped at the bottom of the page.
• If Footnotes are used with a Bibliography, the Footnotes shall be in brief format, "Author, Year, p. 00" with full details in the Bibliography.
• Endnotes are referenced by numerals within square brackets in text — [1], not superscript ¹
• Endnotes are listed by numerals followed by a closing square bracket — 1], not [1].
• Endnotes are preferable to Footnotes.

Citation Standards

These are based largely upon Chicago, but changes have been made to provide greater consistency and to extend the range of sources. Examples follow:

Book

Firstname Lastname. Title of Book. City: Publisher, 18 Aug. 1957, p. 000.

United States. Journal of the House of Representatives. 00th Congress, p. 000.

Book, second citation

Lastname. 1957. pp. 00-00.

Census

Government agency, 1957 Census: Torrance, Los Angeles Co., CA. National Archives Microfilm #A00-00, p. 000, Firstname Lastname.

Census Online

Government agency, "1957 Census: Torrance, Los Angeles Co., CA" in Website Author. Website Name. Accessed 18 Aug. 1957. http://wiki.augustansociety.org/specific/page. National Archives Microfilm #A00-00, p. 000, Firstname Lastname.

Letter

Firstname Lastname. Letter to Firstname Lastname. 18 Aug. 1957. Location of original.

Letter on websitein

Firstname Lastname. Letter to Firstname Lastname. 18 Aug. 1957. In Firstname Lastname, ed. "Page Name" in Website name. Accessed 18 Aug. 1957. http://wiki.augustansociety.org/specific/page.

Petition

Firstname Lastname. Government form name. 18 Aug. 1957. Archives holding petition. Details needed for access.

Unique items

Lastname Family Bible. Copy in possession of author.

Vital Records

Jurisdiction. Vital Records. Accessed 18 Aug. 1957. http://wiki.augustansociety.org/specific/page.

Webpage

Firstname Lastname. "Page Name" in Website Name. Accessed 18 Aug. 1957. http://wiki.augustansociety.org/specific/page.

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