personal letters
Intimate written messages
Personal letters are written correspondence between individuals, typically informal and addressing private matters—friendship, family news, romantic feelings, or personal business.
Distinguished from official or business correspondence by their intimate tone and individual recipient.
The form has declined with electronic communication but retains significance for occasions like condolences or handwritten thank-you notes.
- letterWritten symbol or message
- penmanshipSkill of forming letters
- handwritten notesText inscribed by pen
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
scribe · affection · fountain pens · correspondence · pen pal · postal service · keepsake · vulnerability · farewell · sincerity · secret admirer · wax seals · gratitude · thank-you notes · stamps · care package · mailbox · envelopes
- mailletter, mail, email, envelope, postcard
- correspondenceletter, missives, love letter, emails, farewell letter
- Informal Writingslang, colloquialism, text messages, blog posts, tweets
- memorabiliaautographs, signed photos, concert tickets, backstage passes, VIP passes
- personal writingsdiaries, journals, memoirs, autobiographies, correspondence
- Lincoln writingsGettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln-Douglas debates, farewell address, collected works
personal lettersbusiness correspondence
Professional written exchanges
official correspondence · official letters · corporate communications · form letters · formal letters
personal lettersform letters
Prewritten generic correspondence
newsletters · junk mail · chain letters · open letters · bulk mail
personal lettersopen letters
Published appeals to all
published letters · press releases · manifestos · encyclicals · circulars