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Falmouth Packets. 1777-1826 Entire letters (2) and an entire, comprising 1777 letter from London to Madeira "p. Hillsborough Packet", 1812 entire with red "GIBRALTAR" handstamp to London "p. Windsor Castle Packet", and 1826 letter from Falmouth to Lisbon "p. Duke of Marlborough" prepaid 4/9. The "Hillsborough" was captured by an American Privateer in 1780; the "Windsor Castle" fought an action off Barbados in 1807 capturing the French Privateer "La Genii" with 14 guns and 96 men (of whom 21 were killed and 34 wounded), the "Windsor Castle" having four killed and eight wounded out of a crew of 28, with eight guns. The "Windsor Castle" was captured by an American Privateer in 1815; the "Duke of Marlborough" was captured by a French Privateer in 1808 who plundered the ship, threw the guns overboard and took six crew prisoner, before handing the ship back to the Captain and remaining crew, the mails having been thrown overboard before the ship surrendered. (3).
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