Petersfield in Hampshire (and French prisoners of war in the 1790s) [ Law & Order ]
… in French culture and was sympathetic towards the French Revolution. The verses were saved and placed with a number of letters received by Henry Bonham from other French prisoners paroled in the town. Today this small collection of … in the 1790s. 1 1 . Hampshire Records Office 94M72/F654/1-19, Bonham-Carter family papers. The collection consists of 16 letters, 2 cards, and the lines of verse. See also, Claire Skinner, ‘The French Connection: Documents about France in … names still survives today in The National Archives at Kew (see below). 2 Only a handful of the individuals who wrote letters to the Bonhams can be identified from this register and it is possible that the record keeping of the towns’ …
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