Collection of letters principally to and from Horatio Nelson, 1767 Oct. 3-1839 Sept. 19.

Record ID: 
284311
Accession number: 
MA 321.1-68
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description: 
1 v. (69 items), bound : ill. (ports.) ; 37.4 cm
Notes: 

Includes MA 321.17a in addition to MA 321.1-68 (69 items total).

Summary: 

A collection of 69 letters and documents written by or related to Lord Nelson. Collection includes several letters from Nelson to Emma, Lady Hamilton, as well as letters from Nelson to other recipients and letters or documents written by Sir Henry William Bayntun, Sir Edward Berry, Etienne Eustache Bruix, James Stanier Clarke, Baron Collingwood, Samuel Drummond, Philip Durham, William Gore, Mary Hamilton, Sir William Hamilton, Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, George Johnstone Hope, Lady Frances Nelson, John Newton, Paul Harris Nicholas, the Earl of Northesk, Paul I, Emperor of Russia, Sir Israel Pellew, Francesco Pignatelli, Viscount Strangford, Sir Charles Tyler, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, and Benjamin West. Also includes three printed items about Lord Nelson (MA 321.66-68). Letters and documents in the collection are described in individual records (MA 321.1-68). With 16 engraved portraits.

Binding: 
Blue morocco, bound by Duprez Lahey; "Nelson Collection" lettered in gilt on spine.
Provenance: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Pearson in 1901; additional items added to volume in 1922.