[NELSON]-- Manuscript letter book including transcriptions of thirteen letters by Nelson, in the hand of and countersigned by John Scott, his Official Secretary, addressed to the captains and officers of various ships on the Mediterranean station, mostly Victory at Sea, 22 May - 7 September 1804, giving orders for court martials and punishment for misdemeanours, including for Edward Long, Boatswain of the Phoebe, 'for having on the afternoon of the 5th January last been guilty of drunkeness neglect of duty very improper and un-Officer like conduct', for the captain and company of the Hindostan 'totally destroyed by fire' in the Bay of Rosas; four others sentenced 'to receive 100 lashes ... on their bare backs with a Cat of Nine tails' for which the signal will be given from the Victory, 'But as I would not have more of the punishment inflicted upon the prisoners at one time than they are able to bear and as the Lieutenant not be a proper judge of their case the surgeon of the Leviathan will attend', and referring to other offenders and criticising a commander for not communicating Nelson's order to all his men, 13 pages, folio, on the leaves of a letterbook also including [GARDNER, Alan (1742-1809, Admiral, 1st Baron)]. Transcripts in a naval secretary's hand of approximately 180 letters and orders addressed to various captains, commanders, ships' masters and surgeons, Royal Sovereign, Engageante, Phoebe, Princess Charlotte etc., 7 July 1800 - 14 February 1802, on naval matters during his appointment as Commander in Chief on the coast of Ireland, 117 pages, folio, including an index, and a few blank leaves, bound in reversed calf. John Scott was appointed Nelson's Official Secretary in May 1803, and Nelson wrote of him 'My Secretary I esteem a Treasure'. He was killed at Nelson's side, by one of the first shots to reach the Victory at Trafalgar.