ALS signed “Nelson & Bronte,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9.25, September 23, 1803. Letter to "Clarke Esq'r" in Tunis, written from his flagship, "Victory off Toulon," where his squadron was blockading the southern French port. In full: "I have lately received from Malta extracts of some of your letters to Mr. Macaulay giving an account of the capture of an English ship called the Pomona and the steps which you had begun to take in order to obtain from the Bay of Tunis justice against those who made the capture, who by your account have conducted themselves very improperly. I therefore send Captain Donnelly to make all the necessary inquiries into the affair, and to have an audience of the Bey to deliver my letter on the subject to His Highness, as opportunities may offer I wish you would have the goodness to write to me thru Sir Alex'r Ball at Malta, that I may as soon as possible take such measures as the case may require." Archivally encapsulated in Mylar and in fine condition, with professional repairs to clean splits along folds.
On the same day, Admiral Nelson wrote to Captain Ross Donnelly of HMS Narcissus, stating that 'some French Privateers have…made the most unwarrantable use of the Bey of Tunis's Port and Colours for the capture of an English Ship called Pomona.' He directed Captain Donnelly to go to Tunis and, in concert with Mr. Clarke (who was acting as British consul in the absence of Mr. Magra) 'obtain from the justice of the Bey the restitution of the said Ship and any other which may have been illegally taken.' A fantastic letter concerning naval matters, written from Lord Nelson's iconic HMS Victory.
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