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Letters. The recipient or lawful possessor of letters has all the rights in them incident to property except that he is not entitled to publish them or paraphrase of them, Philip v. Pennell, (1907) 2 Ch 577; Oliver v. Oliver, (1861) 31 LJCP 4. As to copyright, see Macgillivray on Copyright.