This letter does not look much good, as it is very dirty, and scruffy, but it has fascinating contents written almost 250 years ago, around the time of the Boston Tea party, when the government of King George III of England made decisions which lost the American Colonies to their independence. Was this man a spy? Or a soldier in one of the defeated armies, or a Loyalist who did not want independence from the Mother Country?
I hope I shall be able to accomplish a design I have in view at present which is no less than paying my friend a visit this next winter. I will then relate to you my Persecution in America, my banishment from my native Country, my being taken prisoner at Sea, carried into Liverpool, and after a week's detention released. …To read the full text of this letter go to
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Note : Lord North was Prime minister and Lord Germaine was Colonial Secretary at this time, so it would appear Mr Livie was moving in political circles, could he have been a spy?
We could find no information about the writer of the letter, which was a pity, as this letter was written shortly after the Declaration of Independence was declared in 1776, and in the same year as the Stars and Stripes was adopted as the Continental Congress Flag, in 1777, so if anyone reading this has any knowledge of Mr R Livie, we would like to know about it.
Heaps of other early letters, some pretty entertaining ones, all Great Britain. Plus lots of other philatelic information advert free.
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Regards.
Posted 07/16/2018 8:21 pm
