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The clever folds that kept letters secret
By Richard Fisher17th June 2021
Hundreds of years ago, people developed ingenious methods to secure their letters from prying eyes – and they did it with only paper, adhesive and folds.
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Late at night on 8 February 1587, an imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots composed her last ever letter to her brother-in-law. Tonight, after dinner, I have been advised of my sentence: I am to be executed like a criminal at eight in the morning, she wrote. The Catholic faith and the assertion of my God-given right to the English crown are the two issues on which I am condemned. With a sad acceptance of her fate, she asked him to take care of her affairs and pay her servants, wishing him good health and a long and happy life .