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** PORTSMOUTH - PRISON SHIP LA COURONNE - LETTER TO P.O.W. BUT HELD IN PARIS P.O.'s "CABINET NOIR"; 9 Dec. 1806 EL (unsealed; from the addressee's uncle ref. sending money via a Paris Bank and advising the POW to "be certain that the Government will not leave you for long in misery...") from "Fayence" (near Draguignan) to; "M. Jacques Felix Simon, Soldat au 67e Regiment, Prisonnier de Guerre a bord du ponton La Couronne a Pormoute" with very fine "P.78.P/DRAGUIGNAN" on the front but with no Paris marks having the "15" prepaid rate on reverse, but clearly never delivered - letters sent soon after Napoleon's suspension of Mail exchange from 21 Nov. 1806 are thought to have remained in the Paris P.O.'s Secret Office ("Cabinet Noir") - with part of top left of inner sheet cut away. [Not recorded in MFPWE.]Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, HAMPSHIRE
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