NELSON, Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805). Autograph letter signed ('Horatio Nelson') to Sir William Hamilton n.p., 12 August 1798, informing him that as 'the greater part of this Squadron is going down the Med[iterranean]' they will not be requiring supplies of bread and wine ordered, promising to settle this 'if ever I live to see Naples' and concluding with the gratifying news that 'the French Army have got a complaint amongst them caused by the heat & nothing but water which will make Egypt the grave of the greater part', one page, 4to , integral blank, detached autograph address leaf, with signature, laid onto card and tipped on. Provenance : Morrison Collection (1894), vol.II, no.331; collection of Edwin Wolf 2nd; his sale, Christie's, 20 June 1990, lot 207; private collection.
NELSON, Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805). Autograph letter signed ('Horatio Nelson') to Sir William Hamilton n.p., 12 August 1798, informing him that as 'the greater part of this Squadron is going down the Med[iterranean]' they will not be requiring supplies of bread and wine ordered, promising to settle this 'if ever I live to see Naples' and concluding with the gratifying news that 'the French Army have got a complaint amongst them caused by the heat & nothing but water which will make Egypt the grave of the greater part', one page, 4to , integral blank, detached autograph address leaf, with signature, laid onto card and tipped on. Provenance : Morrison Collection (1894), vol.II, no.331; collection of Edwin Wolf 2nd; his sale, Christie's, 20 June 1990, lot 207; private collection. Written only 11 days after the Battle of the Nile: Nelson was not to reach Naples until 22 September, when Sir William Hamilton and his wife, Emma, were prominent in the rejoicing which greeted him.
NELSON, Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805). Autograph letter signed ('Horatio Nelson') to Sir William Hamilton n.p., 12 August 1798, informing him that as 'the greater part of this Squadron is going down the Med[iterranean]' they will not be requiring supplies of bread and wine ordered, promising to settle this 'if ever I live to see Naples' and concluding with the gratifying news that 'the French Army have got a complaint amongst them caused by the heat & nothing but water which will make Egypt the grave of the greater part', one page, 4to , integral blank, detached autograph address leaf, with signature, laid onto card and tipped on. Provenance : Morrison Collection (1894), vol.II, no.331; collection of Edwin Wolf 2nd; his sale, Christie's, 20 June 1990, lot 207; private collection.
NELSON, Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805). Autograph letter signed ('Horatio Nelson') to Sir William Hamilton n.p., 12 August 1798, informing him that as 'the greater part of this Squadron is going down the Med[iterranean]' they will not be requiring supplies of bread and wine ordered, promising to settle this 'if ever I live to see Naples' and concluding with the gratifying news that 'the French Army have got a complaint amongst them caused by the heat & nothing but water which will make Egypt the grave of the greater part', one page, 4to , integral blank, detached autograph address leaf, with signature, laid onto card and tipped on. Provenance : Morrison Collection (1894), vol.II, no.331; collection of Edwin Wolf 2nd; his sale, Christie's, 20 June 1990, lot 207; private collection. Written only 11 days after the Battle of the Nile: Nelson was not to reach Naples until 22 September, when Sir William Hamilton and his wife, Emma, were prominent in the rejoicing which greeted him.
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