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Hi. We send historic letters to your mailbox on a weekly basis, from legends like Abraham Lincoln, George Marshall, Albert Einstein, and Kurt Vonnegut. Get your membership today: Letterjoy.co/?hi
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🇺🇸 Happy 250th, America! 🇺🇸
Library of Congress
@librarycongressJul 4
Fascinating Declaration of Independence 🇺🇸 facts: The printed copy on the right actually pre-dates the more well-known, handwritten copy on the left, which wasn't produced or signed by John Hancock and other members of the Continental Congress until weeks AFTER July 4, 1776. 🧵
The "engrossed" hand-written copy of the Declaration of Independence, which resides at the National Archives

ALT The "engrossed" hand-written copy of the Declaration of Independence, which resides at the National Archives

A "Dunlap broadside" version of the Declaration of Independence, which is typeset, not handwritten

ALT A "Dunlap broadside" version of the Declaration of Independence, which is typeset, not handwritten

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Our friends at @USPS published a great article on the rise of snail mail clubs. We were happy to be featured as the OG of letter clubs and to talk about what we've learned in our 8+ years mailing letters. news.usps.com/2026/06/26/the…
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Alex Ward
@alexbwardMay 25
Lincoln’s letter to Mrs. Bixby, always worth a read on Memorial Day
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Lincoln Presidential Library@ALPLMMay 25
#AbrahamLincoln #AbeSays #MemorialDay #Sacrifice Source: ow.ly/KJSu50Z3Hzf
Rows of white grave markers in a fenced military cemetery under text that says, "They forever must and will be remembered by the grateful country for whose salvation they devote their lives. - A. Lincoln, 6/27/1864"

ALT Rows of white grave markers in a fenced military cemetery under text that says, "They forever must and will be remembered by the grateful country for whose salvation they devote their lives. - A. Lincoln, 6/27/1864"

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Happy Mother’s Day. A note to President Kennedy from his Secretary Evelyn Lincoln.
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This is cool
Sequoia Capital
@sequoiaApr 1
In honor of 50 years of Apple, we're sharing - for the first time ever - Don Valentine's original 1977 memo for Sequoia's investment into Apple Computer. #Apple50
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Write that letter
Del Sneddon@WeeRascalMar 21
When Mum and Dad passed away last year, I found this letter in their bedroom. I’m pretty sure it kick-started their 60 year relationship - Mum was clearly besotted.
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🇺🇸 You've read the Federalist Papers, but not like this... Today we launched our Federalist Papers series, the most authentic way to explore America's most famous series of pseudonymous essays letterjoy.co/blogs/news/intr… #America250
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Peak friendship
Jon Fish@2002tacomasr5Mar 11
Got my luddite friend a rolodex and a pocket rolodex for her birthday and she hasn't spoken to me since she figured out the cards fit in her typewriter. She just keeps muttering "I don't even need my phone anymore" and "its going to be so much easier to send mail"
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Should we start a snail-mail @Opentable competitor?
Isaac French
@isaacfrench_Feb 6
how to save a post office & a town: the post office was scheduled to shut down, so she decided to require all guests of her restaurant to mail in a physical postcard. the first year, she had 60,000…
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General Eisenhower requested members of the media and Congress to see the #ConcentrationCamp atrocities with their own eyes. #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay catalog.archives.gov/id/1200…
Cable, General Eisenhower to General Marshall concerning Nazi horrors; requests visit by members of Congress and the media, April 19, 1945 [Dwight D. Eisenhower's Pre-Presidential Papers, Principal File, Box 134, Cables Off (GCM/DDE 19 Apr - 10 Nov 45 (4); NAID #12007738]

ALT Cable, General Eisenhower to General Marshall concerning Nazi horrors; requests visit by members of Congress and the media, April 19, 1945 [Dwight D. Eisenhower's Pre-Presidential Papers, Principal File, Box 134, Cables Off (GCM/DDE 19 Apr - 10 Nov 45 (4); NAID #12007738]

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Bringing back a NYE classic
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smooth recess@AlexiconTom31 Dec 2025
Would you go here?
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This is the USS Arizona Memorial with USS Arizona below her as she appears today. A place of extreme reverence. #PearlHarbor84
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Wanted: Icelandic person to mail to, so we can try this
Amazing Maps
@amazingmap2 Dec 2025
Icelandic postal workers deliver a letter guided solely by a tourist’s sketch
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Ever wonder how the 15th Amendment came to be? In honor of Election Day (and the 155th anniversary of the 15th), read President Grant's message to Congress in defense of expanding voting rights letterjoy.co/blogs/news/an-e…

An Election-Day Bonus Letter

As history buffs, Election Day carries a special meaning for us. We love reading about and sharing electoral drama. Usually, we share our most interesting primary-source finds by mail with our...

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#NeverForget
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One of the cooler data visuals I’ve seen, the drop in lost ships during WWII, owed to cracking Enigma
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That kind of day
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Fun fact: Even Paul Revere had to fill out expense reports for his travel
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