£400
Napoleonic Wars - Prisoners of War in France. 1811 (Apr 25) Lettersheet with partly printed address "The Minister and Church Wardens of the Parish of .." and signature of Freeling, sent free to Birken in Yorkshire. The enclosed three page printed letter from the Committee at Lloyds for the Relief of the British Prisoners in France, headed from Lloyds Coffee House, seeks funds as the previous subscription is exhausted and France now prohibits the English Government from extending relief to prisoners. The costs of maintaining prisoners are given, and the principal prison depots listed, the Committee in France to manage relief consisting of 12 Gentlemen on parole at Verdun. An exceptional item.
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