Talk:Letter of resignation

Symbolic versus active letter of resignation
I'm using the word active for lack of a better word. Both Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew wrote resignation letters. Agnew wrote two letters, he wrote the longer letter to Nixon explaining why he was resigning and a shorter one to the Secretary of State Henry Kissinger that said "Dear Mr. Secretary: I hereby resign the office of Vice President of the United States, effective immediately. Sincerely,  Spiro T. Agnew". Nixon wrote exactly the same letter (with the title and name changed of course). The reason this is relevant to the article is that the distinction should be made somewhere, along with the fact that (as far as I can tell) there's no required form required anywhere in the 25th amendment. Cat-five t  c   10:46, 11 January 2013 (UTC)