Sometimes I wondered if Lottie had not written those fatal missives.
"Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life"
Ann S. Stephens
Mr. Argent handed over the missives, and Jack put them in his inside pocket, and then used a safety pin to close the opening.
"Jack of the Pony Express"
Frank V. Webster
These missives, however, never troubled him, for he never broke the envelopes of one of them, but handed all his correspondence over to his wife to do as she pleased with and answer such letters as she thought necessary.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann