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NELSON, Horatio. Autograph letter signed ('Nelson & Bronte') to Admiral Sir Peter Parker, 'Victory off Toulon', 14 October 1803, announcing with pleasure the arrival of his correspondent's grandson on the ship, and recalling his own indebtedness to Sir Peter, 'I have kept him as Lieutenant on the Victory and shall not part with him till I can make him a Post Captain which you may be assured I shall lose no time in doing, it is the only opportunity ever offered me of shewing that my feelings of gratitude to you are as warm and alive as when you first took me by the hand. I owe all my honor to you and I am proud to acknowledge it to all the world', 1½ pages, 4to, integral address leaf, annotations in a later 19th-century hand (slight offsetting of ink).
A charming letter written with undisguised affection to Nelson's early patron. Sir Peter had taken him on board his flagship in the West Indies as a very junior lieutenant in 1778. The Parkers remained among Nelson's most loyal and constant friends, and Sir Peter was chief mourner at his funeral.
A charming letter written with undisguised affection to Nelson's early patron. Sir Peter had taken him on board his flagship in the West Indies as a very junior lieutenant in 1778. The Parkers remained among Nelson's most loyal and constant friends, and Sir Peter was chief mourner at his funeral.