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The article deals with correspondence in natural history in the eighteenth century between England and North America. The corpus discussed consists of correspondence between John Bartram and Peter Collinson, and between Alexander Garden and John Ellis. The approach used in the study is qualitative and rhetorical; the main point considered is how the letters construct scientific centre and periphery in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. A central concept is the "colonial exchange", whereby "raw materials" from the colonies - in this case plant and animal specimens, along with proposed identifications and names - are exchanged for "finished products", in this case codified scientific knowledge contained in publications.

Letters. --- Letter writing. --- Correspondence --- English letter writing --- Letter writing, English --- Writing of letters --- Authorship --- Letters --- Biographical sources --- Literature --- Letter writing

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A history of love and courtship in Mexico from the 1860s through the 1930s based on love letters preserved in legal cases involving courtship.

Letter writing --- Courtship --- Love-letters --- Erotic literature --- Letters --- Courting --- Wooing --- Betrothal --- Love --- Marriage --- Correspondence --- English letter writing --- Letter writing, English --- Writing of letters --- Authorship --- History

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This comprehensive study by leading scholars in an important new field--the history of letters and letter writing--is essential reading for anyone interested in nineteenth-century American politics, history or literature.

American letters --- Letter writing --- Correspondence --- English letter writing --- Letter writing, English --- Writing of letters --- Authorship --- Letters --- American literature --- History and criticism. --- History

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A History of Chinese Letters and Epistolary Culture is the first publication, in any language, that is dedicated to the study of Chinese epistolary literature and culture in its entirety, from the early empire to the twentieth century. The volume includes twenty-five essays dedicated to a broad spectrum of topics from postal transmission to letter calligraphy, epistolary networks to genre questions. It introduces dozens of letters, often the first translations into English, and thus makes epistolary history palpable in all its vitality and diversity: letters written by men and women from all walks of life to friends and lovers, princes and kings, scholars and monks, seniors and juniors, family members and neighbors, potential patrons, newspaper editors, and many more. With contributions by: Pablo Ariel Blitstein, R. Joe Cutter, Alexei Ditter, Ronald Egan, Imre Galambos, Natascha Gentz, Enno Giele, Natasha Heller, David R. Knechtges, Paul W. Kroll, Jie Li, Y. Edmund Lien, Bonnie S. McDougall, Amy McNair, David Pattinson, Zeb Raft, Antje Richter, Anna M. Shields, Suyoung Son, Janet Theiss, Xiaofei Tian, Lik Hang Tsui, Matthew Wells, Ellen Widmer, and Suzanne E. Wright.

Chinese letters --- Letter writing, Chinese. --- History and criticism.

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This book presents a unique analysis of letter writing in the Middle Islamic period.

Letter writing --- Religious aspects --- Islam. --- Correspondence --- English letter writing --- Letter writing, English --- Writing of letters --- Authorship --- Letters --- Letter writing, Arabic --- Arabic letters --- Scribes --- History --- History and criticism. --- Islamic Empire --- Social life and customs. --- Arabic literature --- Arabic letter writing --- Copyists --- Arab countries --- Arab Empire --- Empire, Islamic --- Middle East --- Muslim Empire --- Correspondance arabe --- Correspondance --- Histoire et critique --- Aspect religieux --- Islam