** LYON - PETITION LETTERS TO NAPOLEON HIMSELF OR MINISTER O...

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£170 - £240

** LYON - PETITION LETTERS TO NAPOLEON HIMSELF OR MINISTER OF WAR EX RELOCATED P.O.W. OR 68 P.O.W.s; Very fine 21 Jan. 1808 letter (no postal markings; probably sent under separate cover) from POW "Strickland Kingston" (Infantry Major) addressed "A Sa Majeste Napoleon, Empereur des Francais" asking to be allowed to return to England because he had arranged via his brother for 68 French POWs to be released. Plus fine 4 July 1810 EL (in English; wax seal) from POW "James Dunning" in "Lyons" to the Minister of War in Paris with fair large "68/LYONS" on the front (no postal rate being free); Dunning states that he was amongst 22 POWs lodging in a building in Auxonne that had been burnt to ashes (along with many of Dunning's possessions) - he asks for his former allowance to be reinstated now that he has moved. Fascinating pair. (2 covers)Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL