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Lord Nelson On Board the Victory: Autographed letter sheet [1…
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30-Jun-2015
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Lord Nelson On Board the Victory: Autographed letter sheet [1 page] dated 'Victory at Toulon Aug 't 22nd: 1803' and signed 'Nelson & Bronte', addressed to the Marchioness of Buckingham informing her 'with the sincerest sorrow' that her godson, Lt. Salter 'is removed from this world...in the most honorable way which an officer can part with his life'. Accompanied by a late 19th century watercolour painting of Nelson, 14.5 x 10 cm. Lieutenant George Elliot Salter, of the 'Phoebe', who died on 14th July 1803, of wounds received in an attack on a French Privateer at Civita Vecchia, was the eldest son of Captain Salter who, in the 'Santa Margaretta', captured 'L'Amazone' a French Frigate in July 1782, to which action Lord Nelson alluded in another letter dated 19th October 1782.
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Memorabilia: Autographs