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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_letter_writing_guides
How To Post A 19th Century Letter
Author Adrienne Morris
The Writing Life at Middlemay Farm
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Author Adrienne Morris 
15 responses to “How To Post A 19th Century Letter”
So sad the demise of letter writing. How are you going to sprinkle a touch of perfume on an email? It just messes up the keyboard.
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Pressing dried flowers into the disc thing on the computer is also a big mistake.
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LOVE THE FABRIC (oops, sorry for shoutingi) of the dresses! Because of the differences of opinion it’s easy to see how important letter writing was!
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I used to write and receive letters all the time. I miss those days.
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That was fun.
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We need some fun now and again. I always have to remind myself that most people in most times are just having normal pleasant days. 🙂 Hope that’s what you’re having!
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I remember snail mail! But even when I sent it, we didn’t do anything this lovely. When I got married, I wanted to do it right. So I wrote out each invitation by hand and folded them as per the linked instructions. I came across one the other day and realized: both the invite and my marriage are antiques.
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Those links reminded me — women are not men. I also watched some of a Twilight movie to try and understand female infatuation with it. I did get a couple of laughs, but I kept thinking women are different.
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Okay, I got some laughs from Twilight, too. 🙂 I completely understood why young girls liked it. I didn’t understand why women did.
You made me laugh just now. Men and women definitely are different. I don’t understand why people get upset about it. I think it’s fun.
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Historians have learned so much about people from the past through the letters left behind. I wonder what future historians will look at? Trails of emails? 🙂
I love the painting above: the anticipation, the soft giggles, the joy over hearing from a beau, perhaps? It’s fun to imagine. That is what I enjoy about paintings – losing myself in imagining what went on behind the captured moment.
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Maybe in the dystopian future they’ll think we were cavemen who couldn’t write!
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So much more fun than email…sigh.
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When I was young I went to Ireland by myself and met a bunch of interesting boys. One was a poet and he used to send me love letters and poetry. I didn’t like him like that but it was great to get pages of mail. In fact I carried on a bunch of long distance love affairs through letters. I almost married a guy who lived in a thatched roof cottage, but he had a nervous break down. 🙂
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Well, I just sent you the stickers in the mail–look for ’em soon!
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I’m excited 🙂 Thanks!
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