BIB_ID
125660
Accession number
MA 321.28
Creator
Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805.
Display Date
1805 Oct. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.9 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
Part of a large collection of letters principally to and from Horatio Nelson; see main record for MA 321 for more information.
Part of a large collection of letters principally to and from Horatio Nelson; see main record for MA 321 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Pearson in 1901.
Summary
Discussing the manning of gun boats; reporting that he has done all in his power for the protection of Fox's convoys; telling him that "the convoy for Malta will sail in a few days as soon as frigates arrive from England to escort them."
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