The Prize Papers,a hoard of 160000 letters seized during naval wars, are to be digitisedAn archive of thousands of undelivered personal letters from all over the world, and seized from ships captured during Britains naval wars over three centuries,are to be digitised in a project offering an intimate glimpse into peoples lives.
The letters, found in mailbags, or with many bearing wax seals and some still unopened,have so far yielded personal accounts, some heart-rending, or journals,sheet music, drawings, and poems and a packet of 200-year-faded seeds from South Africa.
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Source: theguardian.com