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Footnotes
Nelson to one of the 'Band of Brothers' with whom he fought at the Nile, subscribing himself Captain Peyton's "Obliged & Affectionate Friend". At the battle the previous summer Peyton had been in command of the seventy-four gun Defence. In Southey's account, "Captain Peyton, in the Defence, took his station ahead of the Minotaur, and engaged the Franklin, the sixth in the line, by which judicious movement the British line remained unbroken". In the present letter, Nelson alludes to Peyton's distinguished record: "It never was much in my power to Shew You those attentions which in every way Your conduct entitled You to". This appears to be the only letter to Peyton to survive, and is published by White, New Letters, where a biography of Peyton is given, p.488. It has remained in the possession of the family until now.

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