  Hello and Welcome to my home. My name is Judy and I'll be your host. So nice of you to stop by for a visit. Have yourself a cup of tea and please make yourself comfy. I've been a big fan of the Victorian era for many years. I would like to share with you the charm and glamour of the Victorian era. I'm delighted that you stopped by for a visit. I hope that you'll enjoy. It has been my pleasure.  In 1820 the average person in England wrote only three letters a year. And with good-reason---letters in those days were mailed without any cover paper and could be read by anyone. But William Mulready had an ideal to guarantee privacy---the envelope.
On a visit to France he had noticed that messages from an important person were completely enclosed in a "little paper case...impervious to the peering eyes of the curious."
The ideal of sending letters shielded from curious eyes was an instant success. The volume of mail handled by the British postal service soared beyond anyone's expectations. That ideal came across the Alantic to America and spread until today there are billons of "little paper" envelopes traveling around the world.
 and to the Republic for which it stands, One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.  |
