[NELSON
(Horatio, Viscount, 1758-1805, Admiral)]
Letter in the third person in the hand of his chaplain and foreign language secretary Alexander John SCOTT
(1768-1840), to Agostino MILLELIRE, Commander of the Port at La Maddalena, Sardinia, in French with translation, inviting him "to dine on board his ship next Sunday" and at the same time "not to give himself the trouble of coming aboard tomorrow morning", with a P.S. requesting that Millelire "bring with him the Officer of the Garrison commanding the Troops", 1 side 4to. and conjugate blank, no place but on board Victory at La Maddalena, 'Thursday 27th' (?really 25th) January no year but
(Translation)
Milord Viscount Nelson presents his Compliments to Comandante Millelire and requests him to dine on board his ship next Sunday, at the same time he prays the Comandante not to give himself the trouble of coming aboard tomorrow morning.
Thursday 27th January [1804].
The Comandante is also asked to be so kind as to bring with him the Officer of the Garrison commanding the Troops.
Item Date:
1804
Stock No:
55714
£1200
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BUTTON FROM NELSON’S DRESS UNIFORM
[NELSON
(Horatio, Viscount, 1758-1805, Admiral)]
Original Brass button from Nelson’s Dress uniform,
with his stylised “N” under a Coronet, 1 inch across, with a copy of a note explaining the provenance
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
43284
£1475
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FROM ABOUKIR BAY, 1798
[NELSON
(Horatio, Viscount, 1758-1805, Admiral)]
Fascinating Letter with secretarial signature 'Orazio Nelson',
in Italian with translation, to Sir William HAMILTON (1730-1803, from 1764 British Ambassador at Naples, Husband of Emma Hamilton), saying that "as the greater part of the Squadron will be running down the Mediterranean, we will not need all the ... wine and biscuit ... previously ordered, so it will be possible to cancel what has not yet been got ready. I will settle all these matters if I can stay alive till ... I see Naples again", he has "the satisfaction of telling with certainty that the French army is full of sickness caused by the heat, and by having nothing to drink except water - which will result in the greater part of them being buried in Egypt", ending "I am ever yours", 1 side 4to., no place but Aboukir Bay, 12th August
(Translation)
From Admiral Nelson to Sir William Hamilton. August 12 1798.
My dear Sir,
As the greater part of the Squadron will be running down the Mediterranean, we will not need all of the quantities of wine and biscuit which were previously ordered, so it will be possible to cancel what has not yet been got ready. I will settle all these matters if I can stay alive till the moment I see Naples again.
I have the satisfaction of telling you with certainty that the French army is full of sickness caused by the heat, and by having nothing to drink except water - which will result in the greater part of them being buried in Egypt. I am ever yours [secretarial signature in the same hand] Horatio Nelson.
Item Date:
1798
Stock No:
55711
£2275
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A FRAGMENT OF THE CANOPY FROM NELSON'S FUNERAL BARGE
[NELSON
(Horatio, Viscount, 1758-1805, Admiral)]
Small piece of red silk with contemporary note of provenance
"A piece of the canopy of the state barge (loaned by Geo the third) which conveyed the body of Nelson from Greenwich to Somerset House, This barge was since presented by Queen Victoria to the Victory", together with a contemporary mourning envelope with a similar note, the cloth 3" x 2", framed and glazed in a black frame with a purple velvet mount,
Item Date:
1805
Stock No:
38818
£4750
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NEWTON
(Thomas Wodehouse Legh, M.P., 1857-1942, 2nd Baron, Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Controller, Prisoners of War Department, 1916-1919)
Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1842-1929, Lord Chancellor
(1916-1919) saying that they "have tried quite unsuccessfully hitherto to get the Turks to exchange prisoners; but the Cabinet decided to-day to send me to confer with them in Switzerland ... This officer's case would of course be considered", 1 side 8vo., 6 Belgrave Square, S.W.1., 10th August
Item Date:
1917
Stock No:
18631
£40
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