Details
NELSON, Horatio (Admiral, 1758-1805). Autograph letter signed ('Horatio Nelson'), Bath, 31 December 1797, making his excuses for having failed to pay his debt for two crates of earthenware, and to thank his correspondent and his brother for two excellent cheeses and some potatoes, for the gift only reached him two days after he left Cadiz, and what he has suffered since may excuse his apparent inattention; also enquiring how to pay the money he owes, one page, 4° (225 x 180mm), leaf addressed to William Earle, Esquire, at Liverpool (slightly discoloured, seal tear, laid on linen), framed and glazed on both sides.
This apparently unpublished letter, written somewhat shakily with the left hand, is dated only 17 weeks after the amputation of Nelson's right arm. On returning to England he received treatment and conflicting advice from the medical profession, and the pain began to ease only at the end of November. He writes 'thank God for 10 days I have done with the surgeons, and my recollection is now properly employed in thanking friends for their solicitude'. He had in fact already been gazetted for his new posting, to H.M.S. Vanguard, for which he left in the New Year.
William Earle and his brother were prominent in Liverpool as merchant shippers trading in the Mediterranean, and sometimes victualling the fleet.
Together with a letter signed by the Duke of Wellington referring to a parliamentary meeting (1830); and a framed engraved portrait of Nelson. (3)
This apparently unpublished letter, written somewhat shakily with the left hand, is dated only 17 weeks after the amputation of Nelson's right arm. On returning to England he received treatment and conflicting advice from the medical profession, and the pain began to ease only at the end of November. He writes 'thank God for 10 days I have done with the surgeons, and my recollection is now properly employed in thanking friends for their solicitude'. He had in fact already been gazetted for his new posting, to H.M.S. Vanguard, for which he left in the New Year.
William Earle and his brother were prominent in Liverpool as merchant shippers trading in the Mediterranean, and sometimes victualling the fleet.
Together with a letter signed by the Duke of Wellington referring to a parliamentary meeting (1830); and a framed engraved portrait of Nelson. (3)