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'Extreme' English

Robert

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2014/07/02 - 7:50am

As late as the 1920s, letters still ended with:

I beg / am honored to remain, Sir, your most humble and obedient servant,

(Or some slight variations of it)

It would be nice to know some of the very last. Do you have some in your possession?

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