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French letters from Seven Years War opened 250 years later

The academic who discovered the letters said reading them was "very emotional".

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Love letters to French sailors confiscated by British 265 years ago opened for first time

These notes have evolved into beautiful, if heartbreaking, reminders of ‘universal human experiences’

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Love lost and found

French love letters confiscated by Britain 265 years ago have finally been read for the first time.

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French love letters confiscated by British finally opened after 265 years

Unread letters provide rare insight into the lives of sailors, their families in the 1700s

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In 1750s War Letters, Humanity Shows the Same Stripes

In 1758, Marie Dubosc penned a letter to her husband, Louis Chambrelan, first lieutenant on the French warship Galatee. "I could spend the night writing to you," she.

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