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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Russell

French letters confiscated by Britain’s Royal Navy are opened 265 years on

Letters confiscated by Britain’s Royal Navy before they reached French sailors during the Seven Years’ War have been opened for the first time.

The notes, written in 1757-8, were intended for the crew of French warship the Galatee and sent by wives, fiances, parents and siblings.

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