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Mr Brooks,

I recently came across this.  I hope you folks don't have to deal with 
"locked letters" in your collection.  It was apparently used into the 
18th Cent, and it is interesting, however.

The Clever Folds That Kept Letters Secret (getpocket.com) 
<https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-clever-folds-that-kept-letters-secret?utm_medium=email&utm_source=pocket_hits&utm_campaign=POCKET_HITS-EN-DAILY-SPONSORED&HUNGRYROOT-2024_07_06=&sponsored=0&position=10&category=fascinating_stories&scheduled_corpus_item_id=8b70c6b5-aaad-4adb-82e4-750c76426f90&url=https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-clever-folds-that-kept-letters-secret>

Leland Ness

On 6/12/2024 9:41 AM, Brooks, Vincent (LVA) wrote:
> When their new positions were created in 2016, our intrepid Local Records Consulting Archivists may have been "Flirtin' with Disaster," but with eight years' experience and lots of miles now under their belts, they keep on "Rockin' Down the Highway!" Read more about their Records Room Road Trips in today's The UncommonWealth.
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> https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2024/06/12/records-room-road-trip-more-day-trippin/
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> Vincent T. Brooks
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