New York - A woman walking on the beach in America found the world's oldest letter. According to Mail Online, 49-year-old Amy Smith Murphy was walking on the beach in the US state of New Jersey when she spotted a very unique bottle. Out of curiosity, he picked up the bottle and found a piece of paper in it which surprisingly was a letter written in 1876.
According to the report, Yacht Neptune off Atlantic City, New Jersey was written by hand on the paper coming out of the bottle. Aug, 6 - 76". After researching the bottle and letter paper, Amy Smith Murphy concluded that the year 76 written on the letter is actually 1876.
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I came home with the bottle and the letter and started researching it with my husband Amy Smith-Murphy says. It took us 48 hours to understand the meaning of this letter. The bottle in which this letter was sealed had the company name 'Barr & Brother Philadelphia' written on it. According to the valuation website 'Worthpoint', this company made glass products between 1870 and 1900.
