Open Letters - Examples

Examples

  • Many of the epistles of the Bible (such as the Pauline epistles) are open letters.
  • Encyclicals are by definition open letters sent by the Pope (in the Catholic Church) or a primate (in the Anglican Communion) to the bishops of the church community but also published for general consumption.
  • Most papal bulls are letters patent and therefore open letters.
  • Martin Luther published many open letters, including his Open Letter on the Harsh Book Against the Peasants
  • Farmer's letters by Samuel Seabury against the American Revolution
  • William Banting's Letter on Corpulence (1863).
  • Professor James Syme's calls for medical reform in 1854 and 1857, addressed to British Prime Minister Lord Palmerston.
  • Robert Louis Stevenson's open letter to Rev. Dr. Hyde in defense of Father Damien.
  • J'accuse (1898) by Émile Zola over the Dreyfus Affair
  • Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)
  • Bill Gates's Open Letter to Hobbyists (1976) attacking copyright infringement in software development
  • David Cross's open letter to Larry the Cable Guy.
  • The open letter given to Tarja Turunen by the other members of Nightwish, firing her from the band at the climax of End of an Era. She subsequently responded with her own open letter in reply.
  • Bobby Henderson's Open Letter to the Kansas School Board (2005).
  • Google's Open Letter to the net on net neutrality
  • Steve Jobs's Thoughts on Music (2007) concerning the past and future of DRM.
  • Siegfried Sassoon's A Soldier’s Declaration, questioning the judgment of Britain's leadership in World War I.
  • Sam Harris' book Letter to a Christian Nation is written as an open letter in response to criticism he received after his previous book, The End of Faith.
  • Rob Lewis' Entrepreneur's letter to The Times warning of the dangers of a Lib-Lab coalition ahead of the 2010 UK general election.
  • Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters, a BBC Radio 4 stand-up comedy series taking the form of an open letter. Based on Wrigglesworth's 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated show Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Return Letter to Richard Branson.

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