A young man of 19 would like to correspond (1892)

Personal1892

PERSONAL—A young man of 19 years would like to correspond with a young, respectable lady: object matrimony. Address C. C., Dispatch office.

Pittsburg Dispatch, November 20, 1892, p. 10. View the original page at the Library of Congress

In plain English

A 19-year-old man would like to write to a respectable young woman, with marriage in mind. Replies go to C. C. at the Dispatch office.

Who wrote it, and to whom

Newspaper	Pittsburg Dispatch, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date	November 20, 1892, page 10
Written by	A young man, 19, signing C. C.
Addressed to	Respectable young women
Where	Replies to C. C., the Dispatch office

Context

He leads with his age and asks for someone young and respectable. The same page carried a “young widow of 27” who gave a Chicago box number. For where people in Pennsylvania post personal ads now, see our guide to personal ads in Pennsylvania.

In the Personals Dictionary

Correspondent Object matrimony

Tagged

correspondence matrimony written by men

How to cite this ad

“A young man of 19 would like to correspond.” Personal advertisement, Pittsburg Dispatch (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), November 20, 1892, p. 10. Transcribed in The Personals Archive, AseeksB, https://www.aseeksb.com/archive/1892-pittsburg-dispatch-young-man-of-19.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 word of each ad in capitals.

← 1892: A blonde milliner of 24, with means 1892: A young widow of 27, with $55,000 →

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