Unlocking History Number (UH#)
UH0083
Original
John Keats letter to Fanny Brawne
Model and research notes
MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 27.
Letterlocking Unique Video Number(s) (LUV #s) & Instructional Video(s) URL
LUV083 https://youtu.be/TSG9VWCseGg
LUV244 https://youtu.be/70rtrUf-UoE
Instructional video info transcription
Forthcoming
Letterlocking category Number (LC #)
LC30L
Letterlocking format Number (LF #)
4RW
Security score
Low
Assessment of Confidence in assigning LC#
Attested
Substrate
Paper
Dimensions
Forthcoming
Opened (in mm):
Letterpacket (in mm): 65mm x 115mm
Manifestation
Opened
Distinctive letterlocking style(s)
Hybrid lock
Locking Mechanism
Hybrid-lock (Tuck and Lock-SA)
Security enhancements
Under/over exposed seal
Letterlocking category formula (shorthand)
LC30
Fold + Tuck + Adhere + Lock-SA
(F + T + A + LSA)
Letterlocking manipulation sequence (shorthand)
Fold + fold + fold + tuck/lock-SA + adhere + adhere
Locking instructions
Forthcoming
Images
Forthcoming
Images: View: address side; reverse side
Images: Download: address side; reverse side
Foldable(s)
Forthcoming
Step-by-steps
Forthcoming
Substrate map
Forthcoming
Virtual unfolding results
NA
Manipulations
Forthcoming
Writing: NA
Postal: NA? Hand-delivered?
Opening: Seal tears
Filing (Storage, Display): NA
Repair: Mends?
Damage
NA
Features
Dirt on panels/ in crease
Article(s)
NA
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)
Original UH0083
John Keats to Fanny Brawne (1820). John Keats Collection, (1814–1891). Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Keats 1–6, MS Keats 1.71.
Model
MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 27.
Video
LUV083
Jana Dambrogio and the Unlocking History Research Group, "An accessible edge hybrid-lock, John Keats’ letter to Fanny Brawne, England (1820)”, Letterlocking Instructional Videos. Unlocking History numbers 0083/Letterlocking Unique Video number: 083. Filmed: September 2016. Duration: 1:07. Posted: February 2020. URL: https://youtu.be/TSG9VWCseGg. Accessed: March 4, 2025.
LUV 244
Jana Dambrogio and the Unlocking History Research Group, “Hybrid lock-SA and Fold and Adhere Medley.” Letterlocking Instructional Videos. Unlocking History numbers 0081, 0082, 0083, 0084, 0086, 0092/Letterlocking Unique Video number 244. Filmed: September 2016. Duration: beginning at 1:18. Posted: February 2020. URL: Accessible edge. Accessed: March 4, 2025.