Love letters, both familial and romantic, were opened for the first time in 265 years at the request of a Cambridge University professor. They were written during the Seven Years' War.

Sent between 1757-58 during the Seven Years War, the letters were mostly addressed to the crew of the Galatée warship, and the French postal administration forwarded them from port to port in ...

Archaeology & History French Love Letters, Sealed for 265 Years, Are Opened—and Read—for the First Time. The letters were written to French soldiers during the height of the Seven Years' War ...