REF: Yours til death

[Michele Missner <missnerm@ATHENET.NET>]

I wonder if anyone know the origin of the phrase "yours til death".  It
was commonly used as a letter closure during the last quarter of the 19th
century.  I have tried all of the resources I can think of inculding
interlibrary loaning a book by that title of letters written during the
Civil War, hoping that the phrase would be explained, which it was
not.  Thanks, Michele



Michele W. Missner,
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