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Add MS 36873

Record Id:
032-002055378
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002055378
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000039.0x0000c5
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 36873
Title:

THE SINCLAIR. COLLECTION. Correspondence between Admiral Viscount Nelson and Edward James Foote, Captain of H.M.S. " Sea Horse" and senior officer in the Bay of Naples [afterwards Admiral, K.C.B.]; 19 May-8 July, 1799. Nelson's eight letters are, with two exceptions, originals; those of Foote are copies, the originals of some being in Add. MSS. 34911, 34912. The following letters are also included: (a) Lord Nelson to Capt. [Thomas] Troubridge; Palermo, 12 May, 1799. Signed. f. 2;-(b) Sir William Hamilton, Envoy at Naples, to Capt. Foote; Palermo, 18 [June], 1799, Naples, 21 June, 1799. ff. 32, 36 ;-(c) Gen. Sir J[ohn Francis Edward] Acton, Bart., to the same; Palernio, 19 June, 1799. f. 34;-(d) [Adm. George Keith Elphinstone, Baron] Keith, to Lord Nelson; off Corsica, 29 June, 1799. Copy. f. 40;-(e) Benjamin Stow to Adm. Patton; 8 Curzon Street, 23 Apr. 1807. f. 41. The correspondence was printed by Foote in 1807 in A Vindication of his conduct ... in the summer of 1799, and has also been utilized in Nelson and the Neapolitan Jacobins, Navy Records Society, 1903. Paper; ff. 43. Folio. These letters were in the possession of Mr. W. F. Sinclair., whose widow presented them to the Navy Records Society. Presented by the Navy Records Society.

Scope & Content:

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson: Correspondence with Capt. E. J. Foote: 1799.

Captain Edward James Foote, RN, afterwards Vice-Admiral and KCB: Correspondence with Lord Nelson: 1799.

includes:

  • f. 2 Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson: Letter to Capt. Troubridge: 1799.: Signed.
  • ff. 32, 36 Sir William Hamilton, KB; Envoy at Naples: Letters to Capt. Foote: 1799.
  • f. 34 General Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Baronet Neapolitan Prime Minister: Letter to Capt. Foote: 1799.
  • f. 40 Admiral George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount Keith: Letter to Lord Nelson: 1799.: Copy.
  • f. 41 Benjamin Stow: Letter to Adm. Patton: 1807.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002055378
Is part of:
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Hierarchy:
032-002055378
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1799
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
19 May 1799-8 Jul 1799
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

William Frederick Sinclair: Owned: 19th cent.

Navy Records Society: Presented: in 1903.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Acton, John Francis Edward, 6th Baronet, Lieutenant-General, Prime Minister of Naples, 1736-1811
Elphinstone, George Keith, Admiral Viscount Keith
Foote, Edward James, naval officer, 1767-1833
Hamilton, William, Knight, British envoy at Naples and art collector, 1731-1803
Navy Records Society
Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, naval officer, 1758-1805,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121400634
Sinclair, William Frederick
Stow, Benjamin