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New York Herald · February 21, 1862

I waited at Nineteenth till 8

An unsigned message to someone called Latimer, and a meeting set in figures only one reader could be sure of.

Transcribed from original newspaper scans. Published by AseeksB.


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LATIMER.—I WAITED AT NINETEENTH TILL 8. Scarcely expected you. Can't we name Saturday, at 7—14—2, for half an hour or more? I would name to-morrow, only fearing I will be engaged. Write, please.

New York Herald, February 21, 1862, p. 7. View the original page at the Library of Congress

In plain English

Addressed to Latimer: I waited at Nineteenth Street until 8 and didn't really expect you. Could we meet on Saturday at 7, 14, 2 (perhaps 7 o'clock at 14th Street and 2nd Avenue) for half an hour or more? I'd say tomorrow, but I may be busy. Please write.

Who wrote it, and to whom

NewspaperNew York Herald, New York, New York
DateFebruary 21, 1862, page 7
Written byUnsigned
Addressed toOne person, called Latimer
WhereReplies by letter

Context

Messages like this one were written to be understood by one reader and no one else. The figures 7, 14, 2 are printed exactly as shown. They may be plain directions, 7 o'clock at 14th Street and 2nd Avenue, a short walk from Nineteenth, or a private code only Latimer could read. The same column carried several missed connections that day, including a lady with a small basket on a Second Avenue car.

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coded messages

How to cite this ad

“I waited at Nineteenth till 8.” Personal advertisement, New York Herald (New York, New York), February 21, 1862, p. 7. Transcribed in The Personals Archive, AseeksB, https://www.aseeksb.com/archive/1862-new-york-herald-latimer-waited-at-nineteenth.html.

Public domain in the United States: published before 1931.

Transcribed from the page image and checked against the original; spelling and punctuation are as printed, and words broken across lines are rejoined. Capital letters are also as printed: papers set the first line of each ad in capitals, so the capitals stop wherever that line ended, sometimes in the middle of a word.

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