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Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson letter
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Horatio Nelson papers
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Mostly letters from Nelson to William Locker, Lady Hamilton, Prince William Henry, and others reflect Nelson's career from 1777, particularly the Baltic Expedition, the Battle of Copenhagen, and the Battle of Trafalgar; various minor encounters between British and enemy warships; Prince William Henry, later King William IV and his naval activities; family and personal affairs, especially in connection with Lady Hamilton
mssHM 34008-34234, HM 34400
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Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816. Letter to Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson, 1758-1805
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H.M.S. Victory. (2 p.). Marked "A true copy," with Nelson's signature.
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G. Nelson Allen letters
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These 12 letters, all written to Allen's daughter Emma Merrit, are handwritten copies of the original letters (location of originals is unknown). The majority of the letters are actually written by both G. Nelson Allen and Elizabeth Allen. In the letters they discuss their lives in Ohio and Wisconsin as well as their decision to go to Colorado to try their luck there. While on the journey to Colorado, G. Nelson and Elizabeth discuss the trail, its conditions, the weather and landscape, the other emigrants they pass, the loss of their dog Beppie, and the Native Americans with whom they interact, more specifically the Pawnee. The letters are written from Fort Des Moines, Cass County and Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Fort Kearny, Nebraska. In the letter dated 1887, Elizabeth Allen reminiscences about their trip across the plains. In one letter (1858), G. Nelson reminiscences about living on the Gila River, near Tucson, Arizona and Fort Yuma. Included are transcripts of the letters.
mssHM 74421-74432
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Horatio Nelson Rust letter to Major William S. Beebe
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In this letter, written from Colton, California, Rust is answering a letter he received from Major William S. Beebe regarding archaeological tablets. Rust states that he had casts of several tablets including the Davenport tablets, which were found during an archaeological excavation by Reverend Jacob Gass in 1867 in a mound near Davenport, Iowa. (These tablets were later found to be fakes.) Rust also states that he published a paper with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, giving his interpretation of the tablets that he got from the "Old Mandan and other Old Dakotas." The letter is written on United States Indian Service letterhead.
mssHM 69391
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[Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805]. Letter to Samuel Sutton, 1760-1832
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Merton, London, Eng. (1 p.). Signed: Nelson & Bronte. Copied out in an unknown hand. Subject: Copenhagen, Battle of…1801.
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[Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805]. Letter to Samuel Sutton, 1760-1832
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Merton, London, Eng. (1 p.). Signed: Nelson & Bronte. Copied out in an unknown hand. Subject: Copenhagen, Battle of…1801.
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