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The Liberator
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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Mademoiselle de la Champagne, who died in Avranches, Normandy, bequeathed £1200 to Britain in thanks for aid during the French Revolution emigration. With Sir Robert Peel's approval, the funds will build a hospital ward for shipwrecked British sailors and destitute English.
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Mademoiselle de la Champagne, a French lady of property, who recently died in the town of Avranches, in Normandy, bequeathed 1200l. to the British nation, in grateful acknowledgement of the liberality and kindness which she had experienced from the Government and people of England during her residence there as an emigrant at the time of the revolution.
The Mayor of Avranches solicited permission of Sir Robert Peel for the application of the money towards building a ward in the town hospital, to be appropriated to the relief of British sailors shipwrecked on the coast, or of other destitute English persons. The Premier consented.
This spirit we should ever wish to see cultivated by both nations.
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Avranches, Normandy
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Recently, At The Time Of The Revolution
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Mademoiselle de la Champagne bequeathed 1200l. to the British nation in gratitude for kindness received during her emigration in England; the Mayor of Avranches obtained Sir Robert Peel's permission to use the funds for a hospital ward aiding shipwrecked British sailors and destitute English persons.