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1812  NAPOLEONIC PRISONER OF WAR Entire addressed to AMIENS FROM "M HALOT PORCHESTER" (PRISONER OF WAR CAMP) NEAR PORTSMOUTH TO THE MAYOR OF AMIENS SHOWING MANUSCRIPT "Not paid" in red and charged '9' Decimes (5 Morlaix to Paris + 4 Paris to Amiens).  Letter mentions...

1812  NAPOLEONIC PRISONER OF WAR Entire addressed to AMIENS FROM "M HALOT PORCHESTER" (PRISONER OF WAR CAMP) NEAR PORTSMOUTH TO THE MAYOR OF AMIENS SHOWING MANUSCRIPT "Not paid" in red and charged '9' Decimes (5 Morlaix to Paris + 4 Paris to Amiens).  Letter mentions...


..."I was taken prisoner on 19th July 1808...  I met a fellow citizen who handed me a Bill of Exchange of Five Hundred Francs which can only be cashed by relatives..."etc.  Illustrated Renollaud P 148.  A very scarce letter from Porchester P.O.W. Camp.



Item reference: 3625

£850
Martin Townsend, P O Box 1100, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 9RY, UK
Telephone: 07801 769 117 or 01462 420678 - Email:Martin@martintownsend.com

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