February 2012
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Letters of Note: She doesn't answer the phone →
In 1951, E. B. White — the novelist responsible for, most notably, Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little — was accused by the ASPCA of not paying his dog tax and, as a result, “harboring” an unlicensed dog. He responded by way of the following delightful letter.
12 April 1951 The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals York Avenue and East 92nd Street New York,...
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“I tend to take this latest development as a kind of eager confirmation that they...”
– ALAN MOORE, on DC’s launch ofSEVEN WATCHMEN PREQUELS (via wilwheaton)
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January 2012
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To my old master
Letters of Note: In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdan Anderson, and requested that he come back to work on his farm. Jourdan — who, since being emancipated, had moved to Ohio, found paid work, and was now supporting his family — responded spectacularly by way of the letter seen below (a letter which, according tonewspapers at the...
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