{"id":5273,"date":"2019-02-13T05:24:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T10:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/?p=5273"},"modified":"2021-04-21T11:19:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T15:19:01","slug":"will-you-be-my-victorian-valentine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/will-you-be-my-victorian-valentine\/","title":{"rendered":"Will You Be My Victorian Valentine?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am heartbroken. I can\u2019t possibly compose an introduction to this blog as well as Arthur Martine, the author of Martine’s Sensible Letter-writer: Being a Comprehensive and Complete Guide and Assistant for Those who Desire to Carry on an Epistolary Correspondence<\/a>, might have done. He would write something rapturous such as, it is my ardent hope that these delightful letters and Victorian Valentine cards proofs<\/a>, which I located in the New York Public Library Digital Collection, leave an indelible impression upon your gentle mind. Please let me impress upon you that if you find these images to your kind heart\u2019s satisfaction, you may find great joy in downloading high-resolution TIF versions <\/a>of these images and many, many more, which you may use to express your fervent admiration for another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To Mrs. Clara Henderson, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Twenty-third St., New York, Sept. 22d, 18\u2014. My Dear Madam,\u2014I am sure you are too clear sighted not to have observed the\nprofound impression which your amiable qualities, intelligence and personal\nattractions have made upon my heart, and as you have not repelled my attentions nor manifested\ndispleasure when I ventured to hint at the deep interest I felt in your welfare\nand happiness, I cannot help hoping that you will receive an explicit\nexpression of my attachments, kindly and favorably. I wish it were in my power\nto clothe the feelings I entertain for you in such words as should make my\npleadings irresistible; but after all what could I say, more than that you\nare very <\/em>dear to me, and that the most earnest desire of my\nsoul is to have the privilege of calling you my wife? Do you can you love me?\nYou will not, I am certain, keep me in suspense, for you are too good and kind\nto trifle for a moment with sincerity like mine. Awaiting your answer, I\nremain, with respectful affection, Ever yours,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francis Templeton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Francis Templeton, ESQ.,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Forty-second St., New York, Sept. 24th, 18\u2014. My Dear Mr. Templeton,\u2014I\ndespise false delicacy, and therefore shall not pretend that I have been blind\nto the state of your feelings. Nay, more, I will say that if your attentions\nhad been altogether unwelcome I should have treated them with a degree of\ncoldness which you say <\/em>I have not shown. Widows, you\nknow, are supposed to have more experience and tact in these matters than\nsingle ladies, and depend upon it if I had disliked you I should have known how\nto make you aware of the fact. Under all the circumstances I think you may hope. <\/em>I\nshall be pleased to see you whenever you feel inclined to call, and meanwhile,\nI remain, Yours very truly,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clara Henderson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To Miss Maud Carter, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pearl St., New York, March llth, 18\u2014. My Dearest Maud,\u2014I am off, to-morrow, and yet not altogether, <\/em>for I leave my heart behind in your gentle keeping. You need not place a guard over it, however, for it is as impossible that it should stay away, as for a bit of steel to rush from a magnet. The simile is eminently correct, for you, my dear girl, are a magnet, and my heart is as true to you as steel. I shall make my absence as brief as possible. Not a day, not an hour, not a minute, shall I waste either in going or returning. Oh! this business! But I won’t complain, for we must have something for our hive besides honey\u2014something that rhymes with it\u2014and that we may have it, I must bestir myself. You will find me a faithful correspondent.  Like the spider, I shall drop a line by (almost) every post; and mind, you must give me letter for letter I can’t give you credit. Your returns must be prompt and punctual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passionately yours,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herbert Holton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Herbert Holton, ESQ.,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fifth Avenue, March 11th, 18\u2014. Dear Herbert,\u2014What a rattlebrain\nyou are! I cried for half an hour over your letter, though not that it was\nparticularly pathetic, but simply because it told me you were going away. Of\ncourse I know that your journey is a matter of necessity, but that does not\nhelp my loneliness. I have two injunctions to lay upon you, and I charge you by\nyour love, to obey them. They are comprised in six words \u2014write often, and come back soon. <\/em>I\nwon’t pay myself so poor a compliment as to suppose you will forget me for a moment.\nImpatiently awaiting your return, believe me, Dear Herbert,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yours affectionately,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maud\nCarter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To Miss Belle Carpenter,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wall St., New York, Oct .<\/g> 5th, 18\u2014. <\/em>My Dear Miss,\u2014I am accustomed to speak<\/g> plainly, and know little of the niceties of etiquette. Do not think the worse of me for opening my heart to you abruptly, without any preliminary flourishes. There cannot be anything offensive, I hope, in the candid declaration that I love you. If you will give me the opportunity, I will endeavor to prove my affection by devoting my whole life to the promotion of your happiness. I should regard the pleasure of calling you my wife as the greatest that earth could afford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most sincerely yours,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albert Seaton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Albert Seaton, ESQ. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

East Thirty-eighth St., New York, Oct. 7th, 18\u2014. Dear Sir,\u2014I have received your\nletter, and must say that there is an air of straight-forward sincerity about\nit that I like. Fine phrases have never been much to my taste, for I have found\nthe language of truth simple and direct. Following your own example, and\nwaiving all evasion, I will say at once that I think you worthy of the\naffection you solicit, and that, with the consent of my parents, I shall not\nobject to receive your addresses. I shall be at home to-morrow evening and shall\nbe glad to see you. Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belle Carpenter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To Miss Kate Martin,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chicago, Iii., Sept. l0th, 18– My Dearest Kate,\u2014This sheet of paper, though I should cover it with loving words, could never tell you truly how I long to see you again. Time does not run on with me now at the same pace as with other people; the hours seem days, the days weeks, while I am absent from you, and I have no faith in the accuracy of clocks and almanacs. Ah! if there was truth in clairvoyance, wouldn’t I be with you at this moment! I wonder if you are as impatient to see me as I am to fly to you? Sometimes it seems as if I must leave business<\/g> and everything else to the Fates, and takes the first train to New York. However, the hours do<\/g> <\/em>move, though they don’t appear to, and in a few more weeks we shall meet again. Let me hear from you as frequently as possible in the meantime. Tell me of your health, your amusements and<\/g> your affection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember that every word you write will be a comfort\nto me. Unchangeably yours,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William\nArcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To William Archer, ESQ.,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bleecker St., New York, Sept. 16th, 18\u2014. Dear William,\u2014Your affectionate letter was most welcome. I won’t tell you\nwhere I keep it, but I dare say you will guess that it is not very far from my heart. I need not\ninform you, for you know it well, that you have my entire and undivided\naffection, and that I look forward to your return with the most pleasurable\nemotions. I am in excellent health, but cannot know real happiness until I\nshare it with yon. There, now I think you will not complain that I do not\nreciprocate your devotion. According to the rules of etiquette I suppose I\nought to be more reserved; but truth is truth, and you shall never have aught\nelse <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From your attached<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate\nMartin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To Miss Jane Grover,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, Oct. 20th, 18– Dearest Jane,\u2014The delightful hours\nI have passed in your society have left an impression on my mind that is\naltogether indelible, and cannot be effaced even by time itself. The frequent\nopportunities I have possessed, of observing the thousand acts of amiability\nand kindness which mark the daily tenor of your life, have ripened my feelings\nof affectionate regard into a passion at once ardent and sincere, until I have\nat length associated my hopes of future happiness with the idea of you as a life-partner\nin them. Believe me, dearest Jane, this is no puerile fancy, but the matured\nresult of a long and warmly cherished admiration of your many charms of person\nand mind. It is love\u2014pure, devoted love: and I feel confident your knowledge of\nmy character will lead you to ascribe my motives to their true source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May I then implore you to consult your own heart, and, should\nthis avowal of my fervent and honorable passion for you be crowned with your\nacceptance and approval, to grant me permission to\nrefer the matter to your parents. Anxiously waiting your answer, I am, dearest\nJane,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your sincere and faithful lover,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry Barclay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Henry Barclay, ESQ. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Henry,\u2014I have just perused your\ntoo flattering letter, and, believe me, I feel so excited that I scarcely know\nhow or what to reply. You cannot but have observed that the favorable\nimpressions I received on the night of our first meeting, have gradually\ndeepened as our intimacy matured, and it would be false modesty in me now to\ndisclaim a feeling of the sincerest and most affectionate regard-for you, after\nsuch undoubted proofs of your attachment. Dear Henry, my heart is yours. Need I\nsay more than that your proposals to my parents will find a warm and not\nuninterested advocate, in one to whom the acceptance of them will be\nhappiness\u2014their rejection a misfortune?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excuse the brevity of this letter, for I cannot trust myself to\nsay more than that I am,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yours affectionately,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jane Grover<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To Miss Alice Martine,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chestnut St., Philadelphia, May 2d, 18\u2014. My Dear Miss,\u2014I have intended\nmany times when we have been together to put the simple question, which this note\nis intended to propose; but although it seems the easiest thing in the world to\nmake an offer of marriage, yet when the heart is as deeply interested in the\nanswer as mine is, it is apt to fail one at the critical moment. Can I, dare I\nhope, that you will permit me to call you mine? Am I mistaken, misled by\nvanity, in supposing that this proposal, made in the truest spirit of\nrespectful love, will not be displeasing to you? My position and prospects\nwarrant me in saying that I can provide for you a comfortable home, and I may\ntruly add that without you no place can be a home to me. Anxiously awaiting\nyour answer, I remain, Yours affectionately,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ernest Irving<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Ernest Irving, ESQ.,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green St., Philadelphia, May 5th, 18\u2014. Dear Sir,\u2014Your offer of marriage is certainly unexpected, but it is made in a manner so diffident and respectful as to preclude the possibility of its giving offense. I am not offended; but marriage is a serious matter, and although I confess my own inclinations are in your favor, I must advise with those who have a right to be consulted, before I give you a decided answer. I think I may say, however, in the meantime, that you need not<\/g> despair. <\/em>Sincerely yours,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alice Martine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To Miss Lizzie Bolton,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Madison Square, New York, Feb. 24th, 18\u2014. Dear Miss,\u2014Although I have been in\nyour society but once, the impression you have made upon me is so deep and powerful,\nthat I cannot forbear writing to you, in defiance of all rules of etiquette.\nAffection is sometimes of slow growth; but sometimes too it springs up in a moment.\nIn half an hour after I was introduced to you, my heart was no longer my own. I\nhave not the assurance to suppose that I have been fortunate enough to create\nany interest in yours; but will you allow me to cultivate your acquaintance in\nthe hope of being able to win your regard in the course of time? Petitioning\nfor a few lines in reply, I remain, dear Miss,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yours devotedly,
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\nClarence Boardman \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Clarence Boardman, Esq.,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

East Thirty-fourth St., New York, Feb. 27th, 18\u2014. Dear Sir,\u2014I ought, I suppose, to\ncall you severely to account for your declaration of love at first sight, but I\ncannot in conscience do so ; for to tell you the truth, I have thought more\nabout you since our brief interview than I should be willing to admit, if you\nhad not come to confession first. And now a word or two in seriousness: We know\nbut little as yet of each other, and hearts should not be exchanged in the\ndark. I shall be happy to receive you here as a friend, and as to our future\nrelations to each other, we shall be better able to judge what they ought to\nbe, when we know each other more intimately. I am, dear sir, Yours truly,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lizzie Bolton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To Mr. Henry Hilton,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walnut St., Philadelphia, Dec. 2d, 18\u2014. Sir,\u2014I have heard of your flirtations since you have been at<\/g> New York. In fact I have been told that you were false enough to deny your engagement to me, in the hope of making yourself more acceptable as a beau to your new lady acquaintances. Under such circumstances I am quite willing to release you from all your promises. You are free, sir! I have no inclination to share your affections with half a dozen others. Nothing less than a whole heart will satisfy me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yours etc.,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Augusta Wells<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Miss Augusta Wells, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Dear Gussie,\u2014You have been imposed upon\n; by whom I know not, but unquestionably by some one who has a grudge against\nme. I have never since our engagement paid more attention to any lady than\nordinary politeness required. My heart has never wandered from you for a moment.\nDismiss such groundless suspicions from your mind. Your letter has wounded me\ndeeply. To break off our engagement would be to render me the most miserable of\nmen. I am willing that the strictest inquiry should be made into my conduct,\nfor it will bear the closest scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dearest, let me hear from you again soon, and in the old kind\nvein. Ever yours,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry\nHilton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dear Frank,\u2014No letter again! You are\nreally growing intolerably negligent, and I shall begin to think that you are\ngetting tired of me, and that some new attraction is in the field. Knowing how\nanxious I am respecting your health and welfare, I am sure you will give me the\ncredit of not writing from idle jealousy, although really I feel grieved and\nanxious at your unusual neglect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have no news\njust at present\u2014indeed, I am too much out of spirits to write at any great\nlength. Pray hasten to remove all doubt from the mind of one whose thoughts,\nday and night, are upon you only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your\naffectionate <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fanny<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Miss Lucy Hartman,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. \u2014 St. Luke’s Place, Oct.\n3d, 18\u2014. My Dear Lucy,\u2014It\nis with pain I write to you in aught that can seem like a strain of reproach,\nbut I confess that your conduct last night both\nsurprised and vexed me. Your marked approbation of the attentions paid to you\nby Mr. Walters was as obvious as your neglect of myself. Believe me, I am in no\nway given to idle jealousy\u2014still less am I selfish or unmanly enough to wish to\ndeprive any lady on whom I have so firmly fixed my affections, of any pleasure\nto be obtained in good society. But my peace of mind would be lost forever, did\nI believe that I have lost one atom of your affection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pray write, and assure me that you still preserve your undivided\naffection for<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your devoted but grieved<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arthur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To Miss Catherine Morton,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arch St., Philadelphia, Oct. 22st, 18\u2014. My Dearest Kate,\u2014How grieved\nam I that you should think me capable of wavering in my affection toward you,\nand inflicting a slight upon one, in whom my whole hopes of happiness are\ncentered! Believe me, my attentions to Miss Hamilton were never intended for\nanything more than common courtesy. My long acquaintance with her father, and\nmy knowledge of her amiable character\u2014as well as the circumstance of her being\na comparative stranger to the Howards,\u2014such were my sole reasons for paying\nmore attention to her than I might otherwise have done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pray rest confident in the belief that my affection for you is\nas unchanging as my regret is great that I should ever have given you cause to\ndoubt it, and believe me, Dearest Kate,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yours, ever\nsincerely and devotedly,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Lloyd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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