Property from the Estate of
HUGH BULLOCK
NELSON, HORATIO, Admiral. Autograph letter signed ("Nelson & Bronte") TO LADY EMMA HAMILTON, "running in for Yarmouth," 30 June "1/2 p[a]st .1," [1801?]. 1 page, 4to, 225 x 185 mm. (8 7/8 x 7¼ in.), integral address leaf in Nelson's hand: "Lady Hamilton 23 Piccadilly London," DOCKETED BY LADY EMMA: "Just received: he will be in town today," seal hole.
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NELSON, HORATIO, Admiral. Autograph letter signed ("Nelson & Bronte") TO LADY EMMA HAMILTON, "running in for Yarmouth," 30 June "1/2 p[a]st .1," [1801?]. 1 page, 4to, 225 x 185 mm. (8 7/8 x 7¼ in.), integral address leaf in Nelson's hand: "Lady Hamilton 23 Piccadilly London," DOCKETED BY LADY EMMA: "Just received: he will be in town today," seal hole.
NELSON TO LADY EMMA: "WHAT CONSOLATION TO THINK WE TREAD IN THE SAME ISLAND"
A hastily penned letter, evidently written as Nelson's ship prepared to dock at Yarmouth on his return to England after the Battle of Copenhagen: "My Dearest Friend, I hope in God to be with you long before this letter, but whether I am or no Believe me ever aye for ever your faithful...Best regards to Sir William [Hamilton]. I have neither seen or heard of any thing like you since we parted, what consolation to think we tread on the same Island..."
Admiral Nelson and Lady Hamilton had met in 1798; Nelson separated from his wife in early 1801. In April 1801 he decisively defeated the Danish navy in the Battle of Copenhagen, which forced an armistice and resulted in Nelson's being made Commander and created Viscount. Nelson was anxious to return to England, where Lady Hamilton had borne him a daughter, and on 18 June he departed the fleet in the brig Kite, landed at Yarmouth and hurried to London to join the Hamiltons. He returned to sea in late July.
Provenance: Calvin Bullock (1867-1944), purchased from Francis Edwards, London, 1931 -- Hugh Bullock, by descent.
NELSON TO LADY EMMA: "WHAT CONSOLATION TO THINK WE TREAD IN THE SAME ISLAND"
A hastily penned letter, evidently written as Nelson's ship prepared to dock at Yarmouth on his return to England after the Battle of Copenhagen: "My Dearest Friend, I hope in God to be with you long before this letter, but whether I am or no Believe me ever aye for ever your faithful...Best regards to Sir William [Hamilton]. I have neither seen or heard of any thing like you since we parted, what consolation to think we tread on the same Island..."
Admiral Nelson and Lady Hamilton had met in 1798; Nelson separated from his wife in early 1801. In April 1801 he decisively defeated the Danish navy in the Battle of Copenhagen, which forced an armistice and resulted in Nelson's being made Commander and created Viscount. Nelson was anxious to return to England, where Lady Hamilton had borne him a daughter, and on 18 June he departed the fleet in the brig Kite, landed at Yarmouth and hurried to London to join the Hamiltons. He returned to sea in late July.
Provenance: Calvin Bullock (1867-1944), purchased from Francis Edwards, London, 1931 -- Hugh Bullock, by descent.