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Originally Posted by pwd72s

I'd wonder too. Who has the rights to a letter? The writer or the person who received it? Could this right be transferred to heirs?

Interesting question.

My thought (and my wife was quick to point out that it was just my guess/opinion) is that once you've mailed a letter to someone, you've effectively given it to them, so they own it. Once they own it, it can be passed down and their heirs would own it.

Of course, what if as the letter writer, you made a carbon copy or second copy to keep?