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Horatio Nelson

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Horatio Nelson

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Auction Date:2010 Jun 16 @ 10:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Highly esteemed British admiral (1758–1805) best known for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars, during which, in the Battle of Trafalgar, he lost his life. ALS signed “Nelson & Bronte,” one page, 7.25 x 9, October 24, 1801. Letter to Lady Collier. In full: “If your son has served his time I hope if he is still in the Foudroyant that he is promoted as many will be made by the Capture of the French ships at Alexandria, If he has not served he stands no chance for it cannot…be done, and I can assure you…will enquire of Lord St Vincent or Sir Tho[ma]s Troubridge they will tell you that I cannot get a Lieut. made. If he has served his time and quitted a flag ship he is wrong…with the approbation of Lord Keith.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one horizontal fold through signature, a uniform shade of mild toning, a bit of scattered soiling, two tape remnants to reverse, and lightly trimmed edges. Accompanied by the original mailing panel, addressed in Nelson’s hand.

Two years before this letter, Nelson partook in what some historians view as one of the greatest achievement of his military career—the Battle of the Nile in Egypt. The contest was a major blow to Napoleon's ambitions in the east, with most of the French fleet either destroyed or captured by British forces. By 1801, the demoralized remains of the French army in Egypt were defeated by a British Expeditionary Force, with the Royal Navy using its dominance in the Mediterranean to invade Egypt. Among Nelson’s top-ranking officers during these fights was Francis Augustus Collier, who in 1801 was serving onboard the HMS Foudroyant, which had been Nelson’s flagship until four months before this letter was written. Although the admiral appears to have temporarily lost track of his friend, hence the mention that “if he is still in the Foudroyant,” he still held high expectations for Collier and his naval career, expressing the hope to Collier’s mother here that “he is promoted as many will be made by the Capture of the French ships at Alexandria.” Collier didn’t let his old commanding officer down, rising through the ranks of the British Royal Navy, eventually elevated to rear admiral and achieving a knighthood, as well.
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