A cache of unopened letters from family members and friends to French sailors captured by British soldiers 260 years ago has been discovered in England. The newspaper reports this Guardian.
The messages were addressed to the crew of the French ship Galatea, who were imprisoned after the ship was captured by British sailors during the Seven Years’ War in 1758. Later, local authorities received letters from relatives and friends of the prisoners, determined that the correspondence had no military value, and left it to the archive. Unopened letters dating back almost 300 years were discovered by chance at the National Archives in London by Cambridge University professor Renaud Maurier.
According to the publication, the more than 100 letters contain many romantic messages, as well as touching responses from the mothers of French sailors.
In October reportedIt was stated that a bottle containing a message thrown into the sea off the coast of Sakhalin by the participants who traveled around the world on the pilgrim ship was brought to the Far Eastern Marine Reserve.
formerly Canadian to create The message in the bottle thrown into the sea 30 years ago.
Source: Gazeta
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