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Rare ‘treasure box’ of French letters opened and read after 265 years

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French Love Letters, Sealed for 265 Years, Are Opened—and Read—for the First Time

For centuries, a box of letters sat unopened in the National Archives in the U.K., until one curious historian recently unsealed and read them for the first time. What he found was a panoply of human ...
NPR

Lost French love letters from the 1750s reveal what life was like during wartime

Scores of French love letters from the mid-18th century have been opened and studied for the first time since they were written. The letters – sent to French sailors by wives, siblings and parents – ...
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French love letters confiscated by Britain finally read after 265 years

“I could spend the night writing to you … I am your forever faithful wife. Good night, my dear friend. It is midnight. I think it is time for me to rest.” So wrote Marie Dubosc to her husband, the ...
The New York Times

A Bundle of 18th-Century Love Letters Is Unsealed at Last

More than 100 letters, addressed to French sailors, were never delivered. They remained unopened for nearly 250 years, until a historian found them in Britain’s archives. By Jenny Gross Reporting from ...