細節
NELSON, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805). Document signed ('Nelson & Bronte'), an order to Captain [George] McKinley of H.M.S. Ardent, St George in Kioge Bay, 15 June 1801, 'You are to receive on board his Majesty's Ship you Command, the man named in the margin [James Gordon], for a passage to England, having been discharged from the Service, from H.M. Ship Alkmaar', one page, 205 x 198mm, address panel ('Ardent'), docketed on verso.
Nelson had taken over command of the Baltic fleet from Sir Hyde Parker on 6 May. For the archive of George McKinley, who went on to become Admiral of the Blue, see lot 94.
Nelson had taken over command of the Baltic fleet from Sir Hyde Parker on 6 May. For the archive of George McKinley, who went on to become Admiral of the Blue, see lot 94.
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