Unlocking History Number (UH#)
UH6172
Original
Letter from Toussaint Louverture
Model and research notes
MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 55.
Letterlocking Unique Video Number(s) (LUV #s) & Instructional video(s) URL
LUV288 link to video URL forthcoming
Instructional video info transcription
Forthcoming
Letterlocking category Number (LC #)
LC01Z document locking
Letterlocking format Number (LF #)
4R
Security score
Zero
Assessment of Confidence in assigning LC#
Attested
Substrate
Paper
Dimensions
Forthcoming
Opened (in mm):
Manifestation
Opened
Distinctive letterlocking style(s)
Quarter fold
Locking Mechanism
Closure flap, Lock, Hybrid-lock, Tuck
Security enhancements
Forthcoming
Letterlocking category formula (shorthand)
LC1
Fold
(F)
Letterlocking manipulation sequence (shorthand)
Fold + fold (F + F)
Locking instructions
Forthcoming
Images
Forthcoming
Foldable(s)
Forthcoming
Step-by-steps
Forthcoming
Substrate map
Forthcoming
Virtual unfolding results
NA
Manipulations
Forthcoming
Writing: NA, Margin folds
Postal: NA
Opening: NA
Filing (Storage, Display): NA
Repair: NA
Damage
Forthcoming
Features
Forthcoming
Article(s)
Book
Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.
Citation for the letter(s)
UH6172
Original
Letter from Toussaint Louverture. Walter O. Evans, MD, and Linda J. Evans private collection.
Model
MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 55.
Video
LUV 288 forthcoming