Letters of Note: Correspondence deserving of a wider audience


	Letters of Note: Correspondence deserving of a wider audience
Lexica
10-17-2009 10:17 PM
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letters, history, people, communication, writing
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10-18-2009 12:48 AM
clip-on-tie
I love this website. [letters of note] Thanks for the link. Great stuff there.
10-19-2009 1:11 PM
lollipop10
I put this in my "to check out later" file. Those letters look like a good read!
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