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Tag Archives: Letters
1639: Thoughts
From a letter written by James Howell, 17 March 1639: Having got into a close field, I cast my face upward, and…began to contemplate as I was in this posture the vast magnitude of the universe and what proportion this … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 1820's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Great Britain, James Howell, John Constable, Letters, Nature, Painting, Philosophy, The Sky, Trees
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1865: O Roaches!
A quite common superstitious practice, in order to rid a house of Cockroaches, is in vogue in our country at the present time. It is no other than to address these pests a written letter containing the following words, or … Continue reading
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Tagged 1850's, 19th Century, Animals, Books, Cockroaches, Folktales, Insects, Letters, Stamps, USA
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1670: A Very Strange and Prodigious Wonder
A letter from John Winthrop, Jr. to Lord Brereton, October 11, 1670: Boston Oct. 11, 1670. My Lord: The relation which I am now presenting to your Lordship is of a very strange and prodigious wonder this last Summer in … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 1830's, 19th Century, Art, Great Britain, John Winthrop Jr., Landscapes, Letters, Lord Brereton, Oddities, Painting, Rivers, Thomas Cole, USA
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1913: Gallery
Fold-out letter from Alfred Joseph Frueh to his fiancée Giuliette Fanciulli, Jan. 10, 1913. Frueh was an American caricaturist, cartoonist and illustrator. (source)
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1883: You are Wheat and Belong in the Wheatfield
Pages from a letter from Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo, 28 October 1883: to cause despondency for six months, until one eventually sees after all that one shouldn’t have let oneself be disoriented. There are two people whose intense … Continue reading
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Drawing, Gustave Doré, Horses, Letters, Melancholy, Netherlands, Oxen, Painting, Ravens, Theo van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh
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2001: 300 Love Letters
“So I’m telling this boy, one of the boys that lots of these love letters are to, about this project. ‘I’m writing three hundred love letters and sending them to strangers. The letters are going to be glued to the … Continue reading
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