covert
UH0144. Learn more about the history behind this covert letter here: https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-3761583.
Unlocking History Concept uri
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/74
Preferred label
covert
Alternative label
Scope note
A message sent to one person in a wrapper addressed to someone else in order to conceal delivery intentions.
Top concept
techniques
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/611
Broader/Parent concept
techniques
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/611
Related concept
security enhancement
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/467
The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri
Not in AAT
The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri
Not in LoB
Scope note source reference
Source
Jana Dambrogio and Daniel Starza Smith with the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.
Further resources
"The Postmasters' Piggy Bank: Experiencing the Accidental Archive," French Historical Studies 40:2 (2017), 189–213. The article is available in open access via: https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-3761583; the letter is discussed on pages 207–209.
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