Brienne Postal Archive: Adriaan Boreel’s pentagonal-shaped letterpacket (c.1703) (UH0091) from www marie hot video Watch Video
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Description: Modelled after letter DB-1308 in the Brienne Collection, Sound & Vision, with permission. nnThis letter was written by the Dutch naval commander Adriaan Boreel, who distinguished himself during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1713). In 1703 he was escorting a convoy of merchant ships from Portugal back to Holland when he encountered French enemy ships. In the ensuing battle, Boreel was captured and imprisoned in Toulon, on France’s southern Mediterranean coast. When released late