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Was letters folded and secured with wax seal?
Yes, that was done to make sure the letter wasn't read by someone else other than who the letter was for. Government documents were sealed with red tape and a wax seal protecting them from people who shouldn't read them. Today, you can still by sealing wax and a wax seal to do your own letters with this old custom. As a teenager I had a kit to do this and for a long time all my letters were sealed with wax. We didn't have the internet or texting then.
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Lyndon Johnson secured the Southern vote for Kennedy.
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