Wondering what Letterjoy is? The answer is simple: Letterjoy is a subscription for history buffs that snail-mails you one replica of an amazing historic letter every week.
Each Letterjoy letter is a replica of a real letter from American history, sourced by our curators and historians from archives around the world, and restored to its original glory by our designers.
Each Letterjoy envelope (for most collections) also includes "the postscript," Letterjoy's signature article, telling the story of each letter and your latest historical pen pal. The postscript is what makes Letterjoy a perfect curriculum supplement for homeschool and high school history students, and an incredible gift for history buffs.
What Topics Does Letterjoy Send Letters About?
Letterjoy offers a growing number of topic-focused collections, including American History, Military History, Presidents, Great Authors, Science & Innovation, and The Codebreaking Club.
With 7+ topics to choose from, Letterjoy almost certainly has a collection tailored to your history buff's interests.
How Does Letterjoy Compare To The Competition?
A few things differentiate Letterjoy from competitors like History By Mail.
First, Letterjoy is the original! Letterjoy has been operating since 2017 and mailed millions of letters to history buffs like you.
Second, Letterjoy is available weekly, offering a gift that truly keeps on giving for history buffs. Most other historic letter subscription services are only available monthly.
Third, each Letterjoy letter includes "the postscript," a detailed article written by expert curators telling that letter's story.
Fourth, Letterjoy offers the most topics to choose from of any history snail mail club. With Letterjoy, you can get letters on the topic you care about.
Fifth, Letterjoy offers the best value in the industry. Do the math. Our memberships cost less per-letter (and offer more) than any other service.
Sixth, Letterjoy curates better letters, because we send researchers to the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and other in-person archives and research libraries to find amazing letters that haven't yet been digitized. You can watch a day-in-the-life video of one of our researchers here.
Finally, unlike foreign competitors like Historic Mail, Letterjoy is owned, curated, and produced in the USA. That's what makes Letterjoy the ultimate American history gift.