£360
JAMAICA - LOCAL LETTER EX "H.M. PRISON SHIP AMERICA" [KINGSTON] REF. ESCAPE OF P.O.W.s; Fine privately locally carried 13 Apr. 1804 EL from the Clerk of "H.M. Prison Ship America" (anchored as a prison hulk in Kingston harbour) to the "Agent for Prisoners of War, Kingston" with fascinating description of a recent escape of some POWs from the ship using the small provisions vessel, and denying the writer's complicity in the escape! Unique(?) cover from this Jamaican POW Ship during the Napoleonic Wars Period. Exhibition Quality.Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, JAMAICA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR
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