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Leah Redmond ChangA newsletter about old letters (and other historical artifacts) and the stories they tell about the people who left them behind.
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How to Read a Necklace, Part 1
Image from Wikimedia Commons
Hi everyone,
Just a little teaser for what I’ll be writing about later in the month. So stay tuned! But in the meantime, let’s have a little fun and see how well you know your super niche history.
Now, to giv...
Life Goes On
Three Beggars, Giacomo Ceruti, 1736
Hello friends,
I’ve been thinking lately about how life goes on. We endure suffering and setbacks, a crisis that makes us think our world is falling apart. Sometimes the crisis is enormous and global, a...
The Guillotine in our Pockets
Dear friends,
Isn’t the picture above pretty?
It’s a section of a photograph I took last month when I visited the “Marie Antoinette Style” exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. What you see above is a snippet of a swath...
Before There were Text Messages, There were Letters....
Dear readers,
Whether you are new here or one of my original subscribers, welcome! Thank you for being here. I thought it was time for a little re-introduction, especially because this newsletter has a brand new name.
Yes, what used to...
French Lessons for Patsy, from her father Thomas Jefferson
ONE OF THE BEST AND WORST things about a big research project is that you wander around in archives, both physical ones and digital. You end up going down rabbit holes and getting completely distracted from the work you are supposed to be d...
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Author of *Young Queens*✨ Translator of letters in *Portraits of the Queen Mother* ✨ Recovering academic who still loves scholarship ✨I also love old letters and books, and the people who made them ✨ Big fan of cemeteries and afternoon cortados \ud83e\udea6☕️
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