More than 100 letters that never reached the crew of a French warship have been read for the first time since they were sent 265 years ago.
For 265 years, more than 100 letters written by family members to the men serving aboard the French warship Galatée languished in piles, still sealed with red wax because they never reached their intended recipients.
“They give us a sense of the resilience of societies in times of distress and challenges,” Morieux said. “The letters also tell us about the creativity of people to overcome the challenges of distance and absence: they had to rely on others, such as family, friends and neighbors, to send and receive information.” Morieux believes that British officials opened and read the contents of two of the letters to see whether they contained any useful information.
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