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Wanted: Chain letters

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From: Dan VanArsdale
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 00:00
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 Folklore researcher seeks chain letters, old or new,
but especially the "prayer" or "good luck" type on
letters or postcard, and dateable by a postmark.
I have over 225 prayer chain letters going back to the
turn of the century and before.   But there are sparse periods,
such as 1930-1970.  I will pay for dateable letters in this
period, as high as $25.  Even a currently circulating 
good/bad luck letter could be useful, and if you send
one to the address below, in its original envelope, I will
send you back and extra stamp, and you will get a credit
in my data base.

Foreign letters, clippings, recollections are also useful.  Does
anyone know someone who has tried to write a chain letter,
or added or changed an existing one?  What about stories
about actual good or bad luck?  Or stories about getting
unexpected money in the mail, especially family legends
from the early 1930's???

I also collect frequently forwarded E-mail, so don't
be embarrassed to forward my your "junk" E-mail.
But I do have an adequate sample already of commercial
scams/spams.
 
Thanks,
 Dan VanArsdale
 PO Box 179
 Port Hueneme, CA 93044
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From: barnowl@rain.org (Dan VanArsdale)
Subject: Wanted: Chain letters
Date: 1996/09/21
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