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Autograph letter signed : St. Petersburg, to Lord Nelson, 1799 Dec. 21.

BIB_ID
125588
Accession number
MA 321.31
Creator
Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1754-1801.
Display Date
1799 Dec. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters principally to and from Horatio Nelson; see main record for MA 321 for more information.
With autograph note by Lady Hamilton on verso.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Pearson in 1901.
Summary
Offering assistance in the expedition against Malta, and granting Nelson's request for a cross of an order to be conferred on Captain [Alexander] Ball and Lady Hamilton.