Nelson, Horatio Lord

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("NELSON & BRONTE") TO EMMA HAMILTON

Nelson, Horatio Lord

BEGINNING WITH AN OUTBURST AGAINST THE PRINCE OF WALES ("...I...am sorry that you cannot go to a Public place without being tormented by that fellow who has not the smallest regard for sir William, I hate and detest all the Great and I would not associate with such Company for the World..."), EXPRESSING HIS DESIRE TO RETURN TO HER AS HE AWAITED THE CONCLUSION OF PEACE NEOGTIATIONS WITH FRANCE, explaining that the Prime Minister had written to him explaining that "it is of the utmost Importance to the Interests of the Country that your flag should be flying 'till the Definitive treaty is signed", but assuring Emma that he will "not stay one hour after hostilitys cease", also with family news including her move to Merton, 3 pages, 4to, integral address panel, endorsement, remains of black wax seal, H.M.S. Amazon, 10 October 1801, seal tear and two other tears with loss of a few letters, slight browning

Provenance:
Catherine Matcham (née Nelson), thence by descent; Sotheby’s London, Trafalgar: Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars, 5 October 2005, lot 16