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Battle of Trafalgar: an autograph letter written by Lt. John Neale of H.M.S. Dreadnought May 9th 1806 with recollections regarding the prize St.Augustin
written over a single folded sheet with watermark for GATIER 1804 and untitled, the narrative concerns the actions of the British prize crew who commandered the prize San [St.] Augustin after the Battle of Trafalgar: Sir, Agreeable to your wishes intimated to me this morning. I have to the best of my recollection at this distance of time drawn up a Narrative of proceedings relating to the destruction of the Spanish ship ST. AUGUSTIN... Neale was instructed to remove the Spanish crew and set the vessel on fire, after this there seems to have been some confusion and several Spaniards jumped into the water in the belief that they were to be burned alive, some drowning in the event, signed and dated -- 9 x 7½in. (23 x 19cm.) folded
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written over a single folded sheet with watermark for GATIER 1804 and untitled, the narrative concerns the actions of the British prize crew who commandered the prize San [S
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