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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/79199| Title: | The French occupation period : the plot of January, 1799 |
| Authors: | Bonnici, Alfred |
| Keywords: | Malta -- History -- French occupation, 1798-1800 Revolutions -- Malta -- History -- 18th century French Blockade, 1798-1800 Xerri, Mikiel, 1737-1799 Letters -- History and criticism |
| Issue Date: | 1991-04 |
| Publisher: | Malta Philatelic Society |
| Citation: | Bonnici, A. (1991). The French occupation period : the plot of January, 1799. The PSM magazine, 20(1), 8-14. |
| Abstract: | A letter written on French Occupation watermarked stationary of the period by Major General and Commander in Chief VAUBOIS, of the French Occupation Forces in Malta. It was one of the many historical letters offered for sale in the Coates Sale by Christies Robson Lowe of the 4th November, 1990. It is written by Voubois to the French Consul of Tripoli GUI, who happened to be in Malta, (the French Consul to Malta at that time was Jean Andre Caruson), enquiring about rumours of a plot by the Maltese against the French Occupation Forces in Valletta. The plot was in fact real, and it was being concocted by the Maltese living in Valletta. Dun MIKIEL XERRI, MATTHEW PULlS, a Corsican pirate GILIERMU LORENZINI and the rebellious Maltese in the countryside under the leadership of Canon Francesco Saverio Caruana, General of the Maltese Army. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/79199 |
| Appears in Collections: | JMPS - 1991 - 20(1) |
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