rhorn@infinet.UUCP (Rob Horn) (04/19/87)
[some background; about a year ago in this forum we discussed the creation of the non-textual information that is commonly seen in the various computer-based communications we see and their relationship to when people used to write letters and didn't have telephone or any other form of communication... --- Dave] Almost a year ago there was some discussion of old letters, and you commented that you would be interested in seeing some. I never got around to making a selection, and have really given up on trying to find an appropriate selection to post. Instead, I suggest reading the following (I may have botched the titles slightly) Collected letters of the Continental Congress This is a huge set of books that contain all of the personal letters written by Congress members during any of the sessions of the Continental Congress. It excludes all the committee correspondence, and focuses on the person-to-person exchanges on both personal and political issues. The collected Letters of Theodore Roosevelt Actually almost any book titled ``collected letters of X'' would do. I pick Roosevelt because he is an interesting figure, and he is not a literary figure. Most collected letters books are literary figures, and their writing skills might be expected to be much better. The massive biography of Winston Churchill that was started by Randolph Churchill and is now being completed by Martin Gilbert <the better historian> also contains very extensive collections of letters by Churchill and others. The volume covering 1942-1946 was just published. Rob Horn Infinet, 40 High St., North Andover, MA