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How it arrives.

Envelope design mockup with the green shamrock and gold postmark logo on cream paper.

The outer envelope.

Cream paper and our shamrock postmark.

Design mockup. Final printed details may vary.

The first thing through the letterbox.

Posted from Ireland.

A letter in large, quiet type lying flat on linen beside its cream envelope.

Letter one.

Large, quiet type on paper that lies flat.

Written for Mary Cafferky by the parish priest, because in 1847 she could not write.

Read it in full on the sample letter page.

Illustrative mockup of a reply headed Boston, 1847, on folded cream paper beside an envelope.

Letter two.

The reply from Boston, written before her letter reached him.

In his own hand.

Illustrative mockup, not the final letter text.

Two letters arrive each month, one from Ireland and one in reply.

A letter, a small handwritten scene note and a folded map laid out together on pale cloth.

The context card.

A scene note or a map, only where it helps the reader enter the year.

The story stays central.

Original historical fiction, researched from the record.

The year.

One card for every mailing.

The whole correspondence, in the order it is posted.

Twenty-four letters over twelve months.

01

The opening exchange

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

The final exchange

One complete story, beginning to end.

Everyone begins at the opening exchange.

The story is read in order.

The ending stays sealed until the final exchange arrives.

The plans.

The correspondence is the same either way.

Only the way it is paid for, and who receives it, changes.

A complete story, 1847 to 1857.

Monthly

$24.95 /month

  • Two letters each month
  • For twelve months
  • Standard delivery where offered
Choose monthly

Gift

$249 once

  • Twenty-four letters
  • Printable gift card
  • Standard delivery where offered
Choose gift

30-day first-mailing promiseIf the first mailing is damaged or incorrect, tell us within 30 days of receiving it and we will replace it at no cost. If the correspondence itself is not right for you, we will refund the payments collected and stop any future monthly charges. You do not need to return the first mailing. Your statutory rights are unaffected.

Standard deliveryIncluded to destinations shown at checkout.

The questions.

The ones asked most often, answered in plain words.

Everything practical, in one place.

Beautiful printed paper, and it arrives ready to open.

Your first envelope is posted from Ireland within five working days of your order.

How to begin.

Everything in this room arrives by post, in the order it was written.

The opening exchange is the first thing sent.

Your first envelope is posted from Ireland within five working days of your order.

Begin the story

Read the back story