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 Letters Reveal 
 Byron's Feud 
 With 'Turdsworth' 

Unpublished correspondence up for sale

Sep 28, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - A collection of letters written by Lord Byron to a clergyman, some of them unpublished, sheds new light on the Romantic poet—who discloses his sexual escapades with servants and angry opinions of fellow writers. Several letters refer to a serving girl whom he took as his mistress; he dumped... More »

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Sotheby's • literature • letters • poetry • English literature • correspondence

appreciation

My Pen Pal, John Hughes

Teen approached iconic filmmaker, who responded with kindness, advice

Aug 7, 09 10:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - For one teenage fan in the 1980s, John Hughes was more than just a director; he was her pen pal. "He made me feel like what I said mattered," a grieving Alison Byrne Fields writes on her blog. They corresponded for 2 years, and "he loved... More »

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Hollywood • film • letters • screenwriters • teenager • John Hughes • Alison Byrne Fields

(Newser) - If grandma is too obstinate or tech-befuddled for email, a few services have cropped up to help, Jeninne Lee-St. John writes in Time. The latest one, Sunnygram, actually prints up emails and photos in a weekly newsletter and mails them. Others, like Presto and Celery, deliver messages via fax and... More »

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technology • elderly • email • letters

London Library Yields Lost Ben Franklin Letters

Missives document his attempt to help Brits fight the French

Apr 25, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than two centuries after his death, Benjamin Franklin has more stories to tell, CNN reports. An American professor conducting research in London unearthed facsimiles of 47 letters the Founding Father wrote and received when he lived there 250 years ago. “I just about shot through the ceiling I... More »

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London • letters • history • Benjamin Franklin

(Newser) - It seems fourth-graders have a greater store of empathy than the rest of this crisis-wracked nation. When a Houston teacher asked students how they felt about the AIG bonus scandal, it provoked the usual boos and hisses. But when she put the kids in an AIG employee’s shoes, they... More »

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Texas • letters • AIG • bonuses • bailout • scandal • primary school • schoolchildren

(Newser) - His personal life may now have all the sex appeal of tea in tweed, but once upon a time Prince Charles was a randy sailor writing risque letters to "exciting ladies (who) lurk behind bushes in order to pounce on unsuspecting naval officers … !" Six such letters, believed... More »

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Prince of Wales • Prince Charles • Navy • letters • British royals • love letter • correspondence

Vonnegut Protégé Will Share His Wisdom

Ex-lover plans volume of late writer's letters

Jan 14, 09 8:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Aspiring novelists, Kurt Vonnegut has some advice for you: “Write a play.” It’s easier. That, and other nuggets of wisdom, will be available for the first time when Vonnegut’s private correspondence with one of his students is published in April, the New York Post reports. Loree... More »

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Kurt Vonnegut • letters • affair • author • book • correspondence • Loree Rackstraw

 Letters 
 to Dimon: 
 You'll 'Die 
 in 10 Days' 

Feds hunt author of threats to bank CEO

Oct 23, 08 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A flurry of letters threatening the life of JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, as well as an Oklahoma City-style bombing of a bank facility, are being investigated by the Postal Investigation Service. ABC News reports a $100,000 reward has been posted for information about the 45-plus letters, all postmarked last... More »

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death threats • letters • Washington Mutual • FDIC • Office of Thrift Supervision • JPMorgan Chase • financial crisis • Jamie Dimon • U.S. Postal Inspection Service • Oklahoma City bombing

(Newser) - Several Chase banks in Detroit and Oklahoma were evacuated today after receiving threatening letters containing white powder, the Detroit Post reports. The letters "basically indicated that the person who opened the letter was going to die" because of "an action the bank may have taken," ... More »

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letters • evacuation • anthrax • JPMorgan Chase

 Letters
 That Reveal
 Teen Diana
 Up for Sale




Compares herself to "an elephant," talks wedding frenzy

Sep 23, 08 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four letters written by Princess Diana to her nanny could fetch $18,500 at auction later this month, reports the Daily Mail. In them, a teenage Diana confesses her insecurities—“watching me dance is like watching an elephant”—and talks of her upcoming nuptials to Prince Charles—“... More »

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Princess Diana • auction • letters • British royals • Royal Family

 Miley Spread Jams VF's Inbox 

Readers' response sets record for volume, though not for vitriol

Jul 15, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Readers really responded to Vanity Fair’s now-infamous Miley Cyrus photo spread—but not in a bad way. The 915 letters were by far a record, but editor Graydon Carter tells Women's Wear Daily he's seen much worse on the outrage scale: “They were much kinder than the letters... More »

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email • Vanity Fair • letters • photograph • Miley Cyrus • Graydon Carter • hate mail

Letters Show Fritzl Daughter Meant to Leave Home

Elisabeth wrote to friend just before her imprisonment

May 8, 08 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elisabeth Fritzl intended to leave home just before her father imprisoned her, letters published in the Oesterreich newspaper show. “After the exams … I'm moving in with my sister and her boyfriend,” the 18-year-old wrote to a friend in 1984. “Cross your fingers for me. When you... More »

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rape • Austria • abuse • letters • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl

Mugabe Love Story Sparked Hatred of UK

In the 1960s, he begged London not
to deport his wife

Apr 6, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Mugabe's hatred of the British may have stemmed from an affair of the heart, reports the Independent. Newly released letters from the 1960s show the future tyrant openly begged London not to deport his then-wife, Sally Mugabe, who had fled Rhodesia in the 1960s when he was jailed... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • United Kingdom • letters • deportation • Rhodesia • Sally Hayfron • correspondence • Harold Wilson

 Lincoln Letter 
 Sells for $3.4M 

Letter contains Lincoln's reply to kids' plea to free slave children

Apr 4, 08 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - An 1864 letter from Abraham Lincoln to Massachusetts schoolchildren fetched a record $3.4 million at auction yesterday, a record for an American manuscript, CNN reports. In the letter, Lincoln responded to a petition from 195 youngsters asking him to "free all the little slave children of this country"... More »

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Sotheby's • auction • letters • Abraham Lincoln • Civil War • slavery

Letters Linked to NYC Bombing Claim 'We Did It'

They were sent to Capitol Hill; bomber remains unknown

Mar 6, 08 9:25 PM CST
(Newser) - As many as 10 Capitol Hill offices received letters today with a photo of a man standing in front of the Times Square military recruiting office before it was struck by a small bomb. A message with the photo reads, “Happy New Year, We Did It,” the AP... More »

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New York City • Dianne Feinstein • Army recruiting • aide • Capitol Hill • bombing • letters • explosion • Afghan Army • Times Square • military recruits • Iraq war

Thousands Glued to WWI Blog

Private Harry Lamin's letters appear in real time online

Jan 6, 08 5:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Does he live, or lose his life to "liquid fire and bombs"? That question is keeping tens of thousands glued to a site that is posting the letters of a World War I soldier in real time, 90 years after they were written. The soldier's grandson, who collected... More »

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Internet • letters • soldier • blog • Britain • World War I

'Charles Wants to Kill Me,'
Di Wrote

Suspected he was planning brake failure, 'serious head injury'

Dec 20, 07 11:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Princess Diana feared Prince Charles was trying to kill her so he could marry their sons' nanny, Tiggy Legge-Bourke, according to a handwritten letter admitted into evidence in the ongoing inquest into her death. "My husband is planning 'an accident' in my car, brake failure and serious head injury... More »

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car accident • Princess Diana • Prince Charles • letters • accident • Diana inquest • British royals • Paul Burrell • Tiggy Legge Bourke • Mohamed al Fayed • Dodi al Fayed • butler

Clinton Hostage Suspect Very, Very, Very Sorry

Deeply self-critical
open letter says he'll 'never forgive myself'

Dec 16, 07 7:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The "crazy man with the bomb" charged with holding hostage workers at Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire headquarters released a passionately worded apology, reports the AP. A keenly remorseful Leeland Eisenberg wrote that "I want to fully and sincerely acknowledge the fear, pains, and lasting effects my senseless actions... More »

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Hillary Clinton • New Hampshire • kidnapping • letters • apology • Leeland Eisenberg • hostage

Potty-Mouthed 'Santa' Letters Horrify Canada

'Filthy' correspondence leads to suspension of volunteer program

Dec 14, 07 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Letters from Santa distributed to at least 10 children in Ottawa are smearing the good name of jolly old St. Nick, the Citizen reports: They contain vulgar messages written by an unidentified “rogue elf.” The head of Canada Post says the country's postal service is "shocked and... More »

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Canada • children • letters • mail • prank • Santa Claus

Diana's Letters Shed Light on Ties to Dodi

Doomed royal's correspondence
refers to 'heart-felt joy'

Dec 14, 07 11:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Letters from Princess Diana to Dodi Al-Fayed produced at the inquest into the couple's 1997 deaths show that they were in a serious relationship, according to his father's lawyer. In one letter, Diana thanks "darling Dodi" for "bringing such heart-felt joy into this particular chick's life," the... More »

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Prince Philip • Princess Diana • letters • Diana inquest • Dodi al Fayed

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