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If, at any time, you are unhappy with your service, email support@historybymail.com. We we will cancel your subscription and refund the remaining amount.

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As Seen On Forbes, Reader's Digest, History, CNN, and Good Housekeeping.

Hold History in Your Hands

History By Mail makes history tangible, relatable, and exciting by providing opportunities to learn directly from primary source documents. Instead of learning about abstract dates and concepts, History By Mail allows you to delve deeply into the details of historic documents as you learn about them. What did the check to purchase Alaska look like? What did Abraham Lincoln's handwriting look like?

Learn from a Fresh Angle

Did you know that New Years was traditionally celebrated on March 25 in Great Britain and its colonies before the British Calendar Act of 1751 was enacted? History By Mail presents fascinating details and angles on people and events you may have already known about. We tell the interesting stories behind our historic replicas that entertain even the most avid history fans.

Make Mail Interesting!

History By Mail subscribers often report a unique sense of joy and excitement as they open their mailboxes, anticipating their monthly replica. With all the junk mail, it is a breath of fresh air to receive a letter you truly look forward to.

Historical Paper

History By Mail takes great care in using the closest type of paper material to match the originals, so you can truly appreciate the essence of these remarkable documents.

An Unrivaled Learning Experience: The History By Mail Advantage

Discover why History By Mail is the leader in history learning, outshining traditional learning methods. 

Sample Documents

Albert Einstein's Declaration of Intention to Become a U.S. Citizen

January 15, 1936

Thomas Jefferson's Letter to George WashingtonAccepting Position of Secretary of State

February 14, 1790

Historically Accurate Sample

History By Mail Sample Letter

Curious about what to expect from our subscription? Download a sample letter featuring the Nixon resignation letter—an iconic piece of history.

Subscribe now to receive captivating historical documents like this delivered straight to your doorstep!

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Customer Reviews

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Anonymous
Discovery Method: Advertised in podcast
Influencing Factors: My grandfather is very hard to buy presents for but it's like this was tailor made for him.
Good Job, Guys!

This is a quality product. The documents are well presented and interesting. I have also been impressed by how thoughtful History By Mail is with their customer communication. So many subscription services take advantage of their customers by sneakily auto renewing without any warning and making their cancellation process intentionally convoluted. Not History By Mail. These guys sent me a reminder email over a week before my subscription was due to auto renew with an easy cancellation link included, just in case I wanted to use it. That is such a classy move. This is the kind of company I like dealing with. I have renewed my subscription for another year.

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William C.
Discovery Method: Gift
Very interesting

Info about Annie Oakley not heard before

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Sheryl S.
Influencing Factors: Desire to teach high school students from source material .
History From the Source

Fascinating documents from American history in the mail every month make HistorybyMail an exceptional gift! The letter of context for the document is well researched and written. Wish I had received HBM when I was teaching high school history!

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Julie H.
Discovery Method: My grandma
Influencing Factors: I’m a history nerd, it’s very important that I have some kinda of historical discovery every week. History by mail definitely covers all my interest!
I love this subscription

For the past 2-3 years now, I’ve loved history. I’m 14 and only recently learned how much history meant to me. When my grandma discovered this, she immediately signed me up and at first glance I knew this was the best subscription I’ve ever subscribed to. History? And mail? My two favorite things! Since my school doesn’t have the ever history program, I’ve been so excited to get mail monthly and learn new things that happened sometime in the past. I highly recommend history by mail, it’s amazing.

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Eric R.
Influencing Factors: Unique gift
Great for history buffs

My husband loves history, and this is the perfect gift! He looks forward to his little nugget of history!

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