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** THE 7 YEARS WAR - FONTENILLE CORRESPONDENCE - FINAL CHAPTER - TRANSIT IN PLYMOUTH, ARRIVAL IN FRANCE & FINAL ARMY ACCOUNT; 2 Sept. 1762 EL (full typed transcript) from "Fontenille" while a POW in transit to a return ship in "Plymouth" to his uncle in Floransac charged "10" (the rate from Paris only as it was sent by official means via London). The writer says; "Finding myself on the eve of my departure for France, and not expecting to receive any more news from you ... I am giving you notice that I am not suffering any difficulties. I leave after tomorrow for St. Malo; it will be pointless now for you to send me the money that I had begged you to send in my last letter". Plus matching 18 Sept. 1762 EL from him in "S.MALO" (fine straight-line on front with "18" charge) ref. his having left Plymouth on the 7th and arrived at St. Malo on the 10th, and similar 1 Mar. 1763 EL from him in Valenciennes to his uncle in Montpellier with mainly fine small red "VALEN.NE" and "18" rate with full accounts of the significant sums that the French East India Co. will be paying him for his 4 years service (incl. in prison) but noting that "On examination of the account, it should be noted that the English made the prisoners pay for their stay when they were transferred from Pondicherry to Madras". Fascinating trio documenting the return home of a POW captured in India during the 7 Years War. [See MFPWE, p. 53.]Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, FRANCE, DEVON, INDIA
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