NELSON (HORATIO)
Autograph letter signed ("Nelson"), to Emma Hamilton ("My Dear Lady"), the letter addressed to "Lady Hamilton", protesting: "I shall not come to Your house after what passed last night 'till You send for Me when I shall fly", and vowing that "I never will retract one Syllable I utter'd, or one thought I felt" and that "Never will I sit tamely and see You My Dear friend Neglected or Insulted"; and subscribing himself as "Ever Your Most Sincere and Affectionate Nelson"; with autograph address ("Lady Hamilton"); sold with a printed auction description and sales invoice by Walter T. Spencer, 30 November 1959 (£55), one page, with integral address leaf, paper watermarked 'Portal & Co/ 1795', wafer-seal, some light browning but nevertheless in fresh and attractive condition, 4to, "Sunday Morn.g" [?early 1801]
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