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Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson to Captain Frank Sotheron, 1805

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: id293369
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Order from Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, at Victory off Cagliari, to Captain Frank Sotheron that the dispatcher Captain Boyle be sent away immediately after his dispatches are delivered because Nelson doesn’t want the Seahorse to anchor or be detained in the Bay. Includes a short message to Mr. Elliott to “act with caution.” Signed “Nelson and Bronte.” January 25, 1805. Notation at end of letter “Received by the Seahorse on the morning of the 28th of January in Naples Bay.”

Dates: 1805