Letters of Note is a blog that features historically significant,...  ...ically significant, unusual, or sometimes amusing letters exchanged between people. A few days ago, it shar...  ...ad all of Lee's letter and the police response at Letters...

By August 1865, the American Civil War was over. M...  ...servant, Jourdon Anderson. Read the rest at Letters of Note

In 1995, the now-defunct pop culture, music, a...  ...st Stephen Hawking for a formula for time travel. Letters of Note has a photo of the fax that he sent in response....

Harvey Wax failed to get into Princeton's law...  ...s recently published in an anthology of rejection letters edited by Bill Shapiro. In an interview about thi...  ...ther, you don’t stretch yourself." Link -via Letters of Note

Barbara Bush, the First Lady of the United Sta...  ...seen." The First Lady responded to Mrs. Simpson's note

Some people really know how to write a letter and...  ...he transcript here, so go read the whole thing at Letters of Note . Link

In 1932, a comic featuring Mickey Mouse and...  ...d from the mouse himself. Link via Letters of Note

This letter to an unnamed "Immortal Beloved" w...  ...eath in 1827. Though there's debate over whom the letters were written to, there's not much debate about wh...  ...all. Your faithful Ludwig Read the rest on Letters of Note . Link via Flavorwire

In 1984, science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke submitted "siseneG" to Analog magazine. Clarke's cover letter was as terse, stating "This is the only short story I've written in ten years or so. I think you'll agr...

I'm a little late in posting this, but it's too aw...  ...this, but it's too awesome to pass: Shaun Usher's Letters of Note has a copy of a 1905 letter sent by Mark Twain to...