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Yoc:
Hi gang,
I thought I'd shared this link ages ago but I don't see it now.  This wonderful blog is Packed full of history from Mary Queen of Scots to Harlan Ellison to Mark Twain to Iggy Pop to George Washington.  All are personal letters scanned, shared and transcribed for your reading pleasure.  lettersofnote.com

There are several letters to and from Jerry Siegel - co creator of Superman.  Of most interest to me was a letter Siegel wrote to Buck Rogers artist Russell Keaton when searching for a new artist to draw the Superman daily newspaper strip he was trying to develop.

Siegel's letter includes a script covering a DIFFERENT origin of Superman.  An origin set in Earth's future!  It's a fascinating read which was covered in Alter Ego some time back in more detail.

Here's a link to the letter but be sure to stay and enjoy the amazing look into history this blog provides everyone.  Gotta love the net when you can find treasures like this for free out there!

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/01/superman-man-of-tomorow.html

-Yoc

Yoc:
The 'Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus' editorial of 1897 by Francis Pharcellus Church in New York's now-defunct newspaper, The Sun is considered a classic.
Virginia's letter and the reply are also on the same site at the link below!

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/12/yes-virginia-there-is-santa-claus.html

John C:
I don't know the provenance (so I'm not sure about how copyrights would shake out for them beyond a plausible Fair Use claim) and I believe I saw more elsewhere that I can't think of, but looking here might provide something interesting on the topic.  Err...Not the Santa topic.

http://uncivilsociety.org/2008/08/the-mystery-note.html

narfstar:
Since these predate Action 1 they were probably never copyrighten

Yoc:
We would never share them here anyways Narf. 
But the actual strips are not shared on lettersofnote, just the letter to Russell Keaton.

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