Discover Weekly Letters from History
A Journey Through History
Historic Letters brings history, science and revolutions through your letterbox taking you or someone else on a journey through history in periods such as the enlightenment, the American Revolution, the Victorian Era and more. Each letter comes in a wax sealed envelope with an old letter brought back to life with another page that sets the scene.
A Gift From History
For someone that is a lover of history Historic Letters can provide a unique gift. Weekly historical letters are revitalized from the past to give an experience of different periods of history. Including historical figures such as Isaac Newton, Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale and Harold Macmillan. Let someone travel through the writings of history and explore it through the words of those who shaped it.
What’s Inside?
Words from history
Letters are carefully brought back to life with every detail to experience how it would feel to get a letter dating back as far as the 1600s. The art of the letters, texture, ink and small writing errors are remade as they once were.
Setting the scene
Inside each letter you will find a page that tells you all about the letter and the author. Containing a description, timeline, visuals and a transcript to help guide you through the context behind the letter’s historical events.
Traditional post
The letters are packed in a textured envelope with your recipient’s details printed in a typewriter font. Sealed with red wax that holds all the contents inside the letter while keeping a letter that stands out in the post.
How it Works
Choose a Collection
You can choose either a 6 or 3 week collection of historic letters. If you are ordering as a gift, you can choose to have a digital gift letter emailed to you for your recipient when adding a collection to your basket.
2. Letters are Prepared
Every letter is presented in a linen envelope with a red wax seal that stands out in the post. The letters are prepared and sent on your chosen start date.
3. Posting Done Weekly
After you choose when the first letter is to be sent, your historic letters will be sent weekly with postage included. Letters are sent in order of the year written starting with the earliest.
4. Happy History Reading!
Enjoy weekly historic letters taking you or your recipient through 280 years of history right through the mail.
Collections
6 Letters
Most Popular
Historical letters sent every week with an added page of context and a transcript covering 280 years of history over 6 weeks. Every weekly letter is sent from a different author.
3 Letters
Enjoy the shorter version of the most popular collection. Weekly historical letters with an added page of context and a transcript sent over 3 weeks from different authors.
1 Letter
Choose a famous historical figure and receive a letter from them with an added page of context and a transcript. Authors span from the 1600’s all the way up until the 1900’s.
If you order a collection of letters for someone as a gift, you can request a digital gift letter to be created on checkout. This will tell your recipient what Historic Letters is about and the giftor’s name on a branded design.
A Gift Letter to Go With
See a letter made for yourself!
Meet the Authors
Discover the colours of the prism and the theory of light with letters from Newton.
Isaac Newton, 1643 - 1727
Receive a letter from a British commander during the American War of Independence about military movements.
Henry Clinton, 1730 - 1795
Feel the emotional connection between Queen Victoria and Mary Todd Lincoln at the the loss of both of their husbands.
Queen Victoria, 1819 - 1901
Florence Nightingale, 1820 - 1910
Open a letter detailing Nightingale’s busy schedule and see her everyday work as a nurse.
As world war two tore Europe apart, see how the allies dealt with the Axis occupation in North Africa.
Winston Churchill, 1874 - 1965
Harold Macmillan, 1894 - 1986
Step into the shoes of the former prime minister during the Suez Crisis that caused political and civil unrest.