Chicago note example: Letter in a published collection. The note starts with an indent and the note number 12. The author of the letter is Mitford followed by the word to and the recipient of the letter. Esmond Romilly followed by a comma. The date of letter is 29 July 1940 followed by a comma. The word in is followed by the title of the collection in italics. Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford followed by a comma. The abbreviation for editor is listed as e d period followed by the editor of the collection. Peter Y. Sussman followed by no punctuation. The place of publication, the publisher, and the date of collection are in parentheses, followed by a comma: (New York: Knopf, 2006), The pages cited are followed by a period: 55-56.