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** THE 7 YEARS WAR - EARLY CENSORED LETTER TO CAPTAIN DEQUEUX ON PAROLE IN PLYMOUTH; 28 June 1757 EL from Bordeaux to Le Chevalier Dequeux, Captain of the French Merchant Ship La Fidele, now on parole in Plymouth after his ship had been taken by the English [see previous lot]. It was carried privately across the Channel and so has the normal "4[d]" postal rate from London, but also having manuscript "Ex[amine]d. per A.J." Censor's initials on the flap beside the "14/IY" London Bishop Mark. It was addressed to Dequeux "Prisonnier a Launceston" and then redirected (by private means) to him "[on parole] at Mr. Polcher's in Plymouth". With important contents revealing the identity of Censor "A.J."; "Here at last is, Monsieur, your recall having caused an English Captain to be released to send you back to France. M. de Rostan was kind enough to grant me the pleasure and you must owe him a great deal of obligation, having got for you an English captain to exchange for you from the Prisoners, and having sent him back to England at my request. I could not yet obtain the freedom of your second in command assure him that I will remember him when the next opportunity presents itself.... [P.S.] I have addressed your Cartel [free travel permit] and your Letter to Mr. Jacob Albert in London." Extremely early Censored item to a POW. [See MFPWE, p. 45.]Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, CORNWALL, DEVON
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