Marie Antoinette projet de fuite dans le Maine

Bien expliqué un projet de fuite de la reine captive à la conciergerie vers Wiscasset, Maine. Peut-être dans une simple maison commune comme ceci :



A HOUSE FITTING FOR A QUEEN?

On se dit que dans l état ou est la reine la maison de destination a peu d importance.

L'histoire dit a plot to rescue Marie Antoinette and take her to Wiscasset, Maine aboard his ship, “Sally” which had previously belonged to his father-in-law. The Sally, captained by Stephen Cough of Wiscasset, was captured in French waters by a French warship and impounded in France. Clough’s daughter who had been on board the Sally appealed to the American minister to France for the ship’s release and somehow met Prince Talleyrand along the way (although he was clearly staying in London at the time with fellow émigrés and would risked death if found in France). Somehow, Miss Clough was placed in the same prison as Marie Antoinette and had access to the Queen in her own cell.

Some unidentified party told Miss Clough that he would obtain release of the ship if it would take a small group of people to America. Miss Clough and her father agreed to this. According to the tale, the imprisoned Queen was to be a member of that group with some of her furniture and six angora cats, all of which were stowed aboard the Sally in advance of her arrival on board. Ultimately, either the Queen refused to leave without her children or the plot was uncovered, or never existed, but, in any event, the Queen as we know never left France.
https://sorandomhistoricalsnapshots.com/category/uncategorized/

Maintenant il faut chercher une Miss Clough dans les registres.

Fascinating !

A lier aux chats baroudeurs
https://maria-antonia.forumactif.com/t5079-chats-de-marie-antoinette#335718