Letter : Philadelphia, [Pa.], to Lewis [i.e. Louis] Le Couteulx, 1803 Feb. 27.

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Letter : Philadelphia, [Pa.], to Lewis [i.e. Louis] Le Couteulx, 1803 Feb. 27.

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February 27, 1803, letter from Du Ponceau to Louis Le Couteulx, who had been arrested by the British at Fort George, N.Y., in 1800 and imprisoned for two years on suspicion of being a French spy.

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