An etched glass-window pane bearing two early-1800s love letters from a doctor to his young wife has been conserved and returned to historic Bacon's Castle in Surry County. -- Mark St. John Erickson ...

1800s love letters that reveal transatlantic tug-of-war for heart of Fermanagh beauty. Immigrants leaving Ireland for the US in the 1800s. By Adrian Rutherford. Sat 13 Feb 2016 at 09:06.

The letter was penned in-between records of meetings of the temperance group. Un-coded its final sentences read: “Can you meet me on Monday night, when I will take you to the Star Music Hall.

In the mid-1800s, Drouet was an actress and courtesan, and regarded as one of the most beautiful women in Paris. When she met writer Victor Hugo, however, she left her career on the stage (and ...

A love letter was a serious matter, valuable because of what intimate sentiments it contained but also as a material object itself. “You’d smell it; it was perfumed. You’d press your lips to it.

The tradition of giving valentines started in the 1800s with better access to the printing press and quality paper, according to Associate Professor Elizabeth Nelson from the University of Nevada ...

Letters sent from British soldiers to their wives and sweethearts show the tender and often lonely side of ... From the roughness of regimental life in the 1800s, ... Hardly a love letter.

A series of romantic notes once passed between 19th century teenagers were discovered at the University of Maine in 2024. Now, the university is working to preserve them for further research.

In the letter Weightman declares his undying love and devotion to Fanny, as well as his intentions to horsewhip Bill Robirson, a possible rival for her affections.