Letters of Note
Shaun UsherNothing but history's most interesting letters.
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Oh my God how I do hate species & varieties
Charles Darwin photographed by Leonard Darwin. Wikimedia.
It was on this day in 1809 that one of my favourite haters was born. Celebrated biologist, naturalist, and holder of the intimidating title, ‘Father of Evolution,’ Charles Darwin wa...
We are all sailing away to the sea
Please join me in wishing the happiest of birthdays to the following letters, all written on the tenth day of a February gone by.
Virginia Woolf in 1902, by George Beresford. Wikimedia.
Sorry I was so glum. I’m in a curse...
He looks like a blimp
The following piece of correspondence was written on this day in 1992 and can be found in the book, Letters of Note: Dogs.
President Bush & Ranger in 1991. Photo: Presidential Library & Museum.
Since 1800, when John Adams first mo...
I am surprised at the conduct of the young woman
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in his garden, 1927. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
1889 was a turning-point year for Arthur Conan Doyle. Two years earlier he had published A Study in Scarlet, the first Sherlock Holmes novel, and...
What we have got to have in this world is a change of heart
W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963), American educator, editor and writer who helped create the (NAACP) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)
The Founding Fathers cannot have intend...
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I really like letters. I began the Letters of Note website in 2009 and have since authored 14 Letters of Note books. I also like lists. The Lists of Note website began in 2011; a book followed in 2014.
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