tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496315488262026526.post200524804584405449..comments2024-02-29T05:15:44.624+13:00Comments on The Lothians: The Art of Letter Writing - Early 19th Century StyleDon001http://www.blogger.com/profile/01616610232620567907noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496315488262026526.post-60107834615770359102016-03-30T08:00:15.387+13:002016-03-30T08:00:15.387+13:00Thank you "Tea Drinker" for your kind of...Thank you "Tea Drinker" for your kind offer but I will, for the time being, be working on other projects. Your letters and ephemera would be interesting if they had a specific identifiable "theme" that could be used in an article, such as everyday life in the 19th century, emigration, local history, family history and the like where the content could be drawn together in a particular and cohesive theme. Best wishes from New Zealand. Don001https://www.blogger.com/profile/01616610232620567907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496315488262026526.post-14006920810183839302016-03-26T05:13:35.607+13:002016-03-26T05:13:35.607+13:00They are quite interesting.... my letters and ephe...They are quite interesting.... my letters and ephemera are from the 1800's... maybe even earlier... let me know how you'd use them, if I were to copy and send to you...teadrinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094364834245684651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496315488262026526.post-37269516311052339642016-03-26T05:12:47.112+13:002016-03-26T05:12:47.112+13:00I have many old letters, still, though I don't...I have many old letters, still, though I don't know for what I retain them. Would you be interested in copies?teadrinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094364834245684651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496315488262026526.post-10994738046546447342016-03-15T10:42:19.037+13:002016-03-15T10:42:19.037+13:00A very interesting question. Unfortunately I canno...A very interesting question. Unfortunately I cannot say as I no longer hold a collection of early 19th century letters (to my great regret). The earliest I hold are from 1905 and the numerical ordinals used are as you describe. Don001https://www.blogger.com/profile/01616610232620567907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496315488262026526.post-26148138408535991352016-03-15T10:31:56.608+13:002016-03-15T10:31:56.608+13:00Thank you for your information. My question pertai...Thank you for your information. My question pertains to ordinals. Where they represented then as they are now? 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496315488262026526.post-73204008825569419932016-03-01T14:55:09.856+13:002016-03-01T14:55:09.856+13:00I used to have a small collection of old letters (...I used to have a small collection of old letters (of similar dimensions to what i quote in my blog) from this period but sold them some years ago, something I now regret. There was no set regulation standard size that I recall, no such thing back then as a standard sized letter. All paper then was rag (cotton) based but from memory may have been a bit finer than rag newsprint paper as I still hold a collection of those and some of that 18th century early 19th century paper seems rougher.Don001https://www.blogger.com/profile/01616610232620567907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496315488262026526.post-88382323669850603372016-03-01T13:15:59.638+13:002016-03-01T13:15:59.638+13:00Question: Do you know what sort of paper and its d...Question: Do you know what sort of paper and its dimensions were used back then? I assume a rag, but I don't know its dimensions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530943727246884911noreply@blogger.com