BIB_ID
125605
Accession number
MA 321.6
Creator
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
Display Date
1798 Mar. 16-17.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.3 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Mr. Campbell / His Majesty's Ship / Vanguard / Portsmouth."
John Campbell was Admiral's Secretary on the Vanguard during the Battle of the Nile in 1798.
Part of a large collection of letters principally to and from Horatio Nelson; see main record for MA 321 for more information.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
John Campbell was Admiral's Secretary on the Vanguard during the Battle of the Nile in 1798.
Part of a large collection of letters principally to and from Horatio Nelson; see main record for MA 321 for more information.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Pearson in 1901.
Summary
Placing an order for supplies for his ship.
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