Lot 29: NELSON, HORATIO

Highly important pair of autograph letters signed ("Bronte Nelson"), each 1 page (8 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.; 226 x 185 mm) and (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.; 245 x 192 mm), 18 and 20 February [1799], to Sir William Hamilton; the earlier letter with integral address leaf with seal tear (repaired) and red wax seal, the latter with integral blank; both with light browning.

Not in the Nicolas edition of Dispatches and Letters (1845)

William Randolph Hearst—Gimbel Brothers—Purchased 18 February 1941—By descent to the present owner