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** LEEK (STAFFS.) - "LE BAGOT" PAROLE P.O.W. LETTER ENDORSED "Not Paid." BY LEEK P.O.W. CENSOR; Very fine 1 Aug. 1812 EL (light wafer seal; full typed transcript) from POW "Le Bagot" on parole in "Leek" to a friend in Nantes ref. finding a British POW Captain for an exchange with him; "I invite you therefore to see if there is a Captain of any armed frigate, corvette or corsair seen by you or by your friends, and if so to ask them to make an exchange with me". It has been endorsed "Not Paid" [by the Leek POW Agent, Charles Grey] and so was charged "6" (decimes) on delivery, having been routed via London to Morlaix. [See MFPWE, p.149.] Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, STAFFORDSHIRE
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