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. > > https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2024/06/12/records-room-road-trip-more-day-trippin/ > > > Vincent T. Brooks > Local Records Program Manager > Office: 804-692-3525 > Email:[log in to unmask] > Address: 800 East Broad St., Richmond, VA 23219 > Website:www.lva.virginia.gov<http://www.lva.virginia.gov> > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > https://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at https://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
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