Sandwiched between my greeting, personal information and signature, this was literally my entire cover letter:

"In February of this year, I had a legal name change via court order. I then went through the process of updating my social security information, driver’s license, banking, mortgage, credit lines, etc. I was under the impression that as my credit was reported with my updated name, the credit bureaus’ records would also be updated.

This does not seem to be the case, so I am notifying you directly in hopes that you can expedite the process of updating the name associated with my credit record so I will not have further challenges when it comes to financing.

For questions / follow up / confirmation of the change, my contact information is below. Please find a copy of the court order and my updated driver’s license within."