"Unveiling the Contents: Archivists Open Seized Ship's Packages from 1807"
Archivists at the National Archives in the United Kingdom have opened parcels from the Anne-Marie cargo ship, seized by the British Navy in 1807, revealing well-preserved items including a 200-year-old red sweater, fabric samples, stockings, silver coins, and letters. The sweater, shipped from the Faroe Islands, was accompanied by a letter from the sender to the recipient in Copenhagen. The ship's cargo and mailbox were taken by the British navy, and the archivists plan to digitize the letters and contents of the packages. This discovery adds to recent findings of historical artifacts from shipwrecks, including the British HMS Erebus and a Dutch warship.
