Petersfield in Hampshire (and French prisoners of war in the 1790s) [ Law & Order ]
… a large population of over 170 prisoners, Petersfield became a small hub of international sociability that transcended wartime enmities. Places > Law & Order Mots-clés Community Conviviality French Revolution Friendship Travel War In … by Henry Bonham from other French prisoners paroled in the town. Today this small collection of documents forms part of a collection of family papers in Hampshire Records Office offering a brief but vivid insight into the … of French prisoners of war and the Bonham family 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, …
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