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Object Matrimony:
The Risky Business of Mail-Order Matchmaking on the Western Frontier
Contrary to popular belief, men who advertised for a wife in the publication Matrimonial News in 1859 were not looking for someone who could cook or clean they were looking for someone who was musically inclined. They missed their homes in the east and were longing for refinement. Women who played a musical instrument were most desirable.
I have a good friend who married a woman he met by answering an ad in newspaper. Her housekeeping technique could only be described as, “It appears as though there was a struggle.” She played a mean cello, however. They’ve been married for more than twenty years.
I hope these three sisters who advertised in Matrimonial News in 1892 were lucky enough to find the man of their dreams.
“We are three jolly and lively girls, all of us of the brunette order, having dark brown hair and dark eyes, we are all the same age and are quite good friends, 29 years old, of good form; would like to marry three friends or three brothers – we don’t want to be too far apart: want correspondence with gentlemen fond of riding horses and attending the theater.”
To learn more about the serious business of finding a husband or wife by mail in the wide-open days of the Old West read
Object Matrimony:
The Risky Business of Mail-Order Matchmaking on the Western Frontier
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