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Love Letters

Starting today, I will post a collection of famous love letters. The letter is the ideal form for a blog. You could think of what I write as daily letters to you, daily offerings of affection. Linger over their lines. Chuckle at how they compare to ones you have received in the past. Laugh at how even the greatest will fumble and stammer over the simplest words. Inhale their healthy aroma of melted cheeziness. Let's bring 'em on!

Love Letter #1

December 23, 1782

My Dearest Friend,

...should I draw you the picture of my heart it would be what I hope you would still love though it contained nothing new. The early possession you obtained there, and the absolute power you have obtained over it, leaves not the smallest space unoccupied.

I look back to the early days of our acquaintance and friendship as to the days of love and innocence, and, with an indescribable pleasure, I have seen near a score of years roll over our heads with an affection heightened and improved by time, nor have the dreary years of absence in the smallest degree effaced from my mind the image of the dear untitled man to whom I gave my heart.

Abigail Adams to John Adams, her husband. He became the second president of the United States.