'AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE DEATH OF LORD NELSON..', "DR" SCOTTS COPY,

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NELSON, ROYAL NAVAL & EAST INDIA CO. EPHEMERA

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'AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE DEATH OF LORD NELSON..', "DR" SCOTTS COPY,
William Beatty, London, 1807 with book plate for Scott of Melby inside front cover, presentation inscription on verso of title page reading Mrs John Scott of Scalloway. Presented by her affectionate Nephew James Scott with further presentation inscriptions from 1912 and 1951 on the fly, ?I.N. Watson, 1901 on title page and 19th Century newspaper clippings regarding Nelson pasted inside back cover, original quarter calf with marbled boards (fading and scuffing to spine and boards, pages ragged edged)
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The Rev. Alexander John Scott, known as Dr. Scott to differentiate him from the other John Scott, Nelson's personal secretary, was Chaplain to H.M.S. Victory (1803-05), and acted as the admiral's interpreter, Nelson being -- by his own admission -- "a poor linguist". He was also the individual who held and supported Nelson as he lay dying in Victory's cockpit and who afterwards wrote to Emma Hamilton ".what an affectionate, fascinating little fellow he was..I become stupid with grief for what I have lost..".

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