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News Articles: letters

An engraving by W.T. Fry (based on a painting) of Mary Stuart, also known as Mary Queen of Scots, circa 1587. An international trio of codebreakers discovered and decrypted letters she wrote during her years in captivity in England.

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3 amateur codebreakers set out to decrypt old letters. They uncovered royal history

Cryptologists found and decoded over 50 long-lost letters that Mary, Queen of Scots wrote during her time in captivity. A historian calls them the most important new findings about her in 100 years.

February 10, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Mary, Queen of Scots was executed in 1587. Researchers have shed new light on how she safeguarded the final letter that she wrote on the eve of her execution, using a technique known as the spiral lock.

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Experts crack the secret to last letter of Mary, Queen of Scots before her execution

Before envelopes existed, Mary, Queen of Scots used an elaborate technique known as the spiral lock to protect her letters from prying eyes.

December 14, 2021
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  • Tien Le
Steve and Neiva Magaña's baby is now 8 months old. Steve has still not met his son in person.

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When The Pandemic Closed Prisons To Visitors Loved Ones Picked Up Pen And Paper

In the year since the pandemic caused most prisons to shut their gates to visitors, people have not been able to see their incarcerated friends and family. So, some turned to letter writing.

March 13, 2021
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  • Ninna Gaensler-Debs
A computer-generated unfolding sequence of sealed letter DB-1538. New research describes how "virtual unfolding" was used to read the contents of sealed letter packets from 17th century Europe without physically opening them.

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Reading A Letter That's Been Sealed For More Than 300 Years — Without Opening It

A signed, sealed but not delivered letter from 1697 has finally been read with the help of a high-tech scan that looked inside without breaking its seal.

March 03, 2021
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
'To Kill A Mockingbird' author Harper Lee died in 2016. Personal letters of Lee's, recently acquired by Emory University, are now available to the public.

Harper Lee Letters Detail Influences That Shaped 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Author

Between 1956 and 1961, "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee wrote a series of personal letters , now available to the public at Emory University's...

April 02, 2018
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  • Tony Harris and
  • La'Raven Taylor

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