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- "Peoples Valentine Writer," circa 1850 - A craze for sending valentines began in America in the immediate decades before the Civil War. Valentines provided a way for young middle-class men and women to express budding feelings of love and to start courting a suitable partner. Valentine writers offered youthful suitors pages of sentimental and sometimes comic poetry to adapt and copy into store-bought or handmade love notes.
- circa 1850
- Collections - Artifact
"Peoples Valentine Writer," circa 1850
A craze for sending valentines began in America in the immediate decades before the Civil War. Valentines provided a way for young middle-class men and women to express budding feelings of love and to start courting a suitable partner. Valentine writers offered youthful suitors pages of sentimental and sometimes comic poetry to adapt and copy into store-bought or handmade love notes.