I roto i te United States, i hangaia te tuatahi Valentines papatipu-whakaputaina o te pepa lace i hanga, ka hokona i muri tata i 1847 e Esther Howland (1828<unk>1904) o Worcester, Massachusetts. whakahaere tona papa he pukapuka nui, me te toa pepa, engari Howland tangohia tona faauruhia i te Valentine Ingarihi i riro ia ia i te hoa pakihi o tona papa. intrigued ki te whakaaro o te hanga i rite Valentines, tīmata Howland tona pakihi mā te kawemai pepa lace me whakapaipai putiputi i Ingarangi. ka kite i te kaituhi Graham i roto i American Monthly i roto i 1849, "Saint Valentine Day... kei te riro, nei kua riro i te reira, kua riro i te rā tapu motu". i whakapumautia te mahi Ingarihi o te tuku kāri Valentine o ki te āhuatanga rite ki te pūrere plot i roto i Gaskell o Mr. Elizabeth Harrison's Confessions (1851): "Kua pau ahau i toku hararei ki a Esther Howland: 'E kore e mohio ahau ki tetahi mea.' "I roto i te waenganui o te rautau 19", ka mea ia
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