![NELSON, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805). Autograph letter signed ('Horatio Nelson') to 'Excellency Governor Orde' [Sir John Orde, 1st Bart, Governor of Dominica], Boreas, English Harbour, 4 September 1786, 2 pages, 4to, docketed by recipient. Provenance: Sir John Orde, 1st Bart; and by descent.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2006/CKS/2006_CKS_07233_0113_000(121455).jpg?w=1)
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NELSON, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805). Autograph letter signed ('Horatio Nelson') to 'Excellency Governor Orde' [Sir John Orde, 1st Bart, Governor of Dominica], Boreas, English Harbour, 4 September 1786, 2 pages, 4to, docketed by recipient. Provenance: Sir John Orde, 1st Bart; and by descent.
'I AM LOADED WITH YOUNGSTERS'. Orde has sent a letter by a relative, 'Mr Orde', whom Nelson regrets he cannot offer a position on the Boreas, as 'I am loaded with Youngsters many more than I ought ever to sett off with Again'. He has however entered young Mr Orde on Boreas's books so that he will be able to record the 'time served': 'Time being served is a great object and many young men have lost promotion by want of it'. The letter concludes with a message regarding the display of pennants on government vessels, which should only be those of the Royal Navy, and with assurances that Orde's brig is 'snug and safe'.
After a distinguished record in the American War from 1775 to 1781, John Orde was a most successful governor of Dominica from 1783 to 1790, a service for which he received his baronetcy. He and Nelson were later to clash over Orde's monopolising of prizes off Cadiz in 1804.
'I AM LOADED WITH YOUNGSTERS'. Orde has sent a letter by a relative, 'Mr Orde', whom Nelson regrets he cannot offer a position on the Boreas, as 'I am loaded with Youngsters many more than I ought ever to sett off with Again'. He has however entered young Mr Orde on Boreas's books so that he will be able to record the 'time served': 'Time being served is a great object and many young men have lost promotion by want of it'. The letter concludes with a message regarding the display of pennants on government vessels, which should only be those of the Royal Navy, and with assurances that Orde's brig is 'snug and safe'.
After a distinguished record in the American War from 1775 to 1781, John Orde was a most successful governor of Dominica from 1783 to 1790, a service for which he received his baronetcy. He and Nelson were later to clash over Orde's monopolising of prizes off Cadiz in 1804.
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