(CNN) — For 265 years, more than 100 letters written by family members to the men serving aboard the French warship Galatée languished in piles, still sealed with red wax because they never reached ...

A picture shows love letters sent to capture French sailors, that had gone unread for 265 years.The National Archives / Renaud Morieux Love letters sent to French sailors have been opened for the ...

Imagine writing a letter to someone when it was one of the few forms of communication while you were apart – and that letter never made it to whom you intended. That is what happened to more than 100 ...

The letters remained unopened in storage for more than two centuries before Renaud Morieux read them. The National Archives / Renaud Morieux “I could spend the night writing to you … I am your forever ...

Scores of French love letters from the mid-18th century have been opened and studied for the first time since they were written. The letters – sent to French sailors by wives, siblings and parents – ...

Over 100 letters sent to French sailors by their fianc es, wives, parents and siblings -- but never delivered -- have been opened and studied for the first time since they were written in 1757-8. Over ...

“I could spend the night writing to you,” Marie wrote. “I cannot wait to possess you,” Anne expressed. Both women were writing to their husbands, French sailors on the same ship, unaware that the men ...

More than 100 letters, addressed to French sailors, were never delivered. They remained unopened for nearly 250 years, until a historian found them in Britain’s archives. By Jenny Gross Reporting from ...

This article concerns the letters of Mary Tudor Brandon, known as Mary the French queen, who defied her brother Henry VIII by secretly marrying her second husband, the Duke of Suffolk. Mary's use of ...

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