A love letter from a child to her parents in 1848.
In the mid-1800s love letters were written to loved ones, especially between family members on New Year's Day. Children would write to their parents and grandparents, husbands and wives to each other, parents to their children. Usually, a beautiful lace-like paper was used with small chromos attached to it, then they were rolled as the paper was around 12 or more inches long and tied with a pastel ribbon. This one is a rare beauty extra loved shared as it was hand drawn.
These love letters are very hard to find. I have been lucky to find a few, this one I sold a few years ago.
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