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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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French prisoners of war in Liverpool send a thank-you letter and model warship to U.S. Consul James Maury, expressing gratitude to American captains for their aid, as reported in Philadelphia on August 29.
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The following letter was sent by the French prisoners at Liverpool, to the Consul of the United States, resident there, accompanied by an ingenious and elegant model of a Man of War carrying 120 guns, under the united colours of the French, Dutch, and American Republics.
" Mr. JAMES MAURY..
Consul of the United States of America.
"SIR,
" CHOSEN by my countrymen, the French prisoners of war, to express to you our thanks, and also particularly to the American Captains, whose liberality to us, deserves our gratitude, I desire you will be the interpreter of our feelings to them. Remembering that as we shared dangers with the citizens of America, and gloried in fighting for the establishment of their liberty, we could not suppose that they would be indifferent to the unhappy victims of a war, whose sole aim is to establish the liberty.of France. Though at present unhappily situated, we are true to our, country, and shall yet enjoy a day of liberty. When that day arrives, and we are at our own homes, we will relate what thanks we owe to free Americans, Then shall we express to them every day our gratitude, and use as brethren those who relieved us when unhappy.-We hope you will receive the Man of War which accompanies this, as a pledge of our gratitude.- We hope you will enjoy for a long time that happiness which your virtues and kindness deserves. We shall, in our misfortunes, never be ungrateful, but always be with brotherly affection,
" For the French prisoners of war,
H. GASPARD."
Prison of Liverpool, 29th Prairial, 3d year of the Republic one and indivisible.
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Liverpool
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29th Prairial, 3d Year Of The Republic One And Indivisible
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French prisoners of war in Liverpool select H. Gaspard to write a letter to U.S. Consul James Maury thanking him and American captains for their liberality and aid; they send an elegant model of a 120-gun Man of War under the colors of the French, Dutch, and American Republics as a pledge of gratitude, expressing hope for future liberty and brotherly affection.