Desirable autograph address panel, 5 x 3, accomplished in Nelson's hand, "Merton, January Thirtieth 1802, Mr. John Howard, H. M. Ship Ramillies, Portsmouth," and signed in the lower left, "Nelson & Bronte." Affixed to a slightly larger card and in very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing and soiling. Accompanied by a 1944 note from the John Howard's great-grandson-in-law, transmitting the panel as a Christmas gift. No letter of this date is recorded by Nicolas in Nelson's collected Dispatches and Letters: it was written soon after Nelson purchased 'Paradise Merton,' where he lived with Emma Hamilton during the months of peace brought about by the Treaty of Amiens.
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