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NELSON, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805). Letter signed ('Nelson & Bronte'), with an autograph postscript signed, to Sir Thomas Livingstone, Victory off Cadiz, 14 October 1805, counter-signed by John Scott, Nelson's secretary, engraved heading, 3 pages, folio, contemporary endorsement (traces of mount on left edge).
IMPORTANT AND URGENT ORDERS ONE WEEK BEFORE THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR.
Livingstone (the captain of the Renommé) is to transfer money on to his ship and the Aimable, from the Royal Sovereign and the Defiance, and proceeding to Gibraltar to transfer an equal proportion to the Aurora, then continue to Malta 'untill ... safe in Valette Harbour' and with the utmost expedition to deliver the coin to Sir Alexander Ball. He is then 'to receive from Rear Admiral Knight the Rendezvous of the Fleet upon which you will join me without delay - The importance of this Service being very great, and Frigates most particularly wanted with the Fleet. I have no occasion to repeat the necessity of the utmost exertion and dispatch being used in the execution of this Order'. The postscript instructs Livingstone to take under his protection the transports with the fleet bound for Gibraltar.
John Scott, Nelson's naval secretary, was killed at his side on the deck of the Victory at Trafalgar, shortly before Nelson himself was fatally wounded.
IMPORTANT AND URGENT ORDERS ONE WEEK BEFORE THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR.
Livingstone (the captain of the Renommé) is to transfer money on to his ship and the Aimable, from the Royal Sovereign and the Defiance, and proceeding to Gibraltar to transfer an equal proportion to the Aurora, then continue to Malta 'untill ... safe in Valette Harbour' and with the utmost expedition to deliver the coin to Sir Alexander Ball. He is then 'to receive from Rear Admiral Knight the Rendezvous of the Fleet upon which you will join me without delay - The importance of this Service being very great, and Frigates most particularly wanted with the Fleet. I have no occasion to repeat the necessity of the utmost exertion and dispatch being used in the execution of this Order'. The postscript instructs Livingstone to take under his protection the transports with the fleet bound for Gibraltar.
John Scott, Nelson's naval secretary, was killed at his side on the deck of the Victory at Trafalgar, shortly before Nelson himself was fatally wounded.
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