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May 23, 1944.
My Dear Alston, I was so  relieved  to get a letter from you this morning, and am glad you had such a nice week-end in New York with...

Flea Market Love Letters
Oct 62 min read
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April 26, 1943.
Dear Grandma, Aunt Mim and all, At last I have found time to drop you a few lines to let you know that I am fine and everything is going...

Flea Market Love Letters
Oct 61 min read
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August 21, 1942.
My Darling Sweettail Wife, So during the 1st break this bright sunshiney (Hot - [unreadable] - sticky) Thursday I got a jobe. Yesterday...

Flea Market Love Letters
Oct 63 min read
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The Case of the Rescued Letters.
Once or twice a year there will come an email to the Flea Market Love Letters inbox ( info@fleamarketloveletters.com ) where someone...

Flea Market Love Letters
Jul 42 min read
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Letters We Don't Read.
Hello reader! Liz Maguire, creator and curator of the project, here. In June of 2025 the Flea Market Love Letters archive turned 8 years...

Flea Market Love Letters
Jul 42 min read
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Our 8th Birthday.
Hip, hip, hooray we're 8 years old! It feels like another lifetime back in D.C. in 2017 when the archive first took shape. Back then it...

Flea Market Love Letters
Jun 271 min read
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Postal Museums of the World We've Visited.
According to a mix of sources, there are between 30 - 60 global postal or communication themed museums around the world. In this post...

Flea Market Love Letters
Jun 161 min read
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Books About Letters: "The Correspondent"
In this edition of Books About Letters we're chatting all about a gorgeous epistolary novel. When I found the striking cover of "The...

Flea Market Love Letters
Jun 112 min read
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Undated.
My dearest lovely Boy, You don't know how your Daddy misses you but Daddy knows that you are having a good time. How do you like your...

Flea Market Love Letters
May 111 min read
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1860s Ring & Letter.
Way back in 2020 I was a guest on the popular podcast 'What Should I Read Next?' where the host Anne Bogel recommended 3 'Books That Read...

Flea Market Love Letters
Apr 212 min read
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Famous Letters.
Here at Flea Market Love Letters HQ we're always on the look out for 'letters in the wild' like these two we've found here in Ireland....

Flea Market Love Letters
Apr 212 min read
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April 6, 1933.
Thursday Afternoon - April 6, 1933 Dearest Mary: – Received your letter last evening and thot I would answer it after supper but Dot and...

Flea Market Love Letters
Apr 184 min read
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March 21, 1933.
Tuesday afternoon - March 21 - 1933 Dearest Mary: -- Any they say this is spring. Well its noy my idea of spring weather. Wasn’t Sunday...

Flea Market Love Letters
Apr 163 min read
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September 22, 1932.
Friday Evening, Sept. 22, 1932 Dear Mary: – I wonder what you are doing tonight. Hope you are getting ready to see the foot-ball game....

Flea Market Love Letters
Apr 153 min read
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March 21, 1943.
John R. Newton S 1/C Naval Rec. Sta. Barracks 3 Casco Bay, Maine Dear Jean: Well how are you doin’ kid? I thought I’d drop you a line...

Flea Market Love Letters
Mar 193 min read
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May 2, 1949.
12 Doughtys Hospital Calvert Street Norwich My Dear Lillie, I am sorry you were not able to see the Doctor after waiting for long at...

Flea Market Love Letters
Mar 191 min read
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June 3rd, 1917.
Auburn June 3rd 1917Â My Dear Mrs Rosecrants Grandmother has just told me that you called on her one day last week and the she told you...

Flea Market Love Letters
Mar 191 min read
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January 23, 1921.
Troy, S.C. Jan- 23-1921 My Darling Little Girl It is with pleasure that I write to you was glad to here from you hope this will find...

Flea Market Love Letters
Feb 252 min read
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January 24, 1893.
North Bay, N.Y. Jan. 24, 1893 Dear Lena, Your interesting letter came Monday morning on the mail train from Oneida it must have left...

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Feb 253 min read
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'Handwritten History: Stories from the Flea Market Love Letters Archive.'
In the last 6 months I've received a record number of emails into the project. It's time to bring the Flea Market Love Letters community...

Flea Market Love Letters
Feb 211 min read
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