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Around 600 letters & papers from the ship Franciscus of Hamburg are now online in the Prize Papers Portal. From shipboard musicians to Irish immigrants & Spanish Dominican Nuns, these records bring lesser-known people of the 18th century to life.

Read the in-depth case study of the Franciscus by my friend Dr Oliver Finnegan, Record Specialist, The National Archives, UK.

prizepapers.de/stories/case-st

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