Love Letters

~ then and now ~

Excerpts from U.S. Navy surgeon David Shelton Edwards' letters to his wife Harriet Eliza Henry. The letters were sent while Edwards was serving in the Navy during the late 1830's.    source: National Postal Museum
Tweets from February 2013. Mouse over the quote to pause scrolling.
Excerpts from King Henry VIII of England's letter to his mistress Anne Boleyn. King Henry's desire to divorce his first wife Catherine of Aragon in order to be with Boleyn caused him to break from the Catholic Church and establish the Church of England.
Public Facebook wall posts and status updates from February 2013. Mouse over the quote to pause scrolling.





Interactive graphic by Sean Henderson and Allison Goldstein
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