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83 Nelson to Davison 23.4.1801; Naish pp. 586–7. Nelson to Troubridge 23.4.1801;
Miscellany
I
p. 429

84 Nelson to Troubridge 28.4.1801;
Miscellany 1
pp. 431–2

85 Nelson to Davison 22.4.1801; Nicolas VII pp. ccvii–ix. Parker to Admiralty 30.4.1801; ADM 1/ 470. St Vincent to Nelson 1.5.1801; St Vincent I p. 94

86 Hyde Parker to Nelson 9.4.1801; CRK/8

87 St Vincent to Lord Hawkesbury (Foreign Secretary) 4.5.1801; St Vincent I PP. 94–5

88 Hobart to Admiralty 5.5.1801; ADM 1/4187. Admiralty to Nelson 6.5.1801 (Secret); Add. 34,918 f. 86

89 St Vincent to Duckworth (C.in.C. West Indies) 15.5.1801; St Vincent to Hawkesbury 21.5.1801; St Vincent 1 pp. 96–7

90 Nelson to Admiralty, Davison, St Vincent, Addington 5.5.1801; Nelson to Admiralty 7.5.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 352–9. Nelson to Troubridge 7.5.1801;
Miscellany
I
pp. 432–3.
Cumloden
Papers.

91 Nelson to Emma 5.5.1801; Morrison II p. 144

92 Nelson to Admiralty 5.5.1801; ADM 1/ 4 71 and 74

93 Nelson to Vansittart 12.5.1801; Nicolas IV p. 368

94 Nelson to St Vincent 16.5.1801; Nicolas IV p. 370.
Cumloden
Papers.

95 Garlike to Nelson 15.5.1801; FO 95/217

96 Nelson to St Vincent 16.5.1801; Nelson to Davison 12.5.1801; quote Nicolas IV pp. 370 and 373.

97 Nelson to Admiralty 17.5.1801; Nicolas IV 375.

98 St Vincent Standing Orders 25.4.1801; Add. 34,918 f. 52.

99 Nelson to Admiralty 22.5.1801; ADM 1/4 81–3 and 86. are typical.

100 Nelson to Lord Carysfort (Minister at Berlin) 19.5.1801; Nicolas IV p. 375. Dr Baird to Sick and Hurt Board 10.5.1801; Baird to Nelson 30.5.1801; Add. 34,918 f59 and 65.

101 Nelson to Admiralty 23.5.1801; Nicolas IV p. 383

102 Nelson to Admiralty 23.5.1801; ADM 1/4 90, enclosing Fremantle to Nelson 23.5.1801; CRK/5

103 Nelson to St Vincent 22.5.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 379–80

104 Lambert,
The
Crimean
War:
British
Grand
Strategy
against
Russia,
1853

1856,
p. 74

105 Nelson to St Helen’s 22.5.1801; Nelson to Admiralty 23.5.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 380–3

106 Garlike to Hawkesbury (Secret) 24.5.1801; FO 95/217

107 Nelson to Count Pahlen 26.5.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 393–4

108 St Vincent to King 24.5.1801; Aspinall,
George
III
pp. 542–3

109 St Vincent to King 30.5.1801; Aspinall,
George
III
p. 545

110 St Vincent to Addington and Nelson 31.5.18o1; St Vincent I pp. 100–1

111 Nepean to Nelson (Personal) 31.5.1801; Add. 34,918 f. 67

112 Hood to Nelson 1.6.1801: CRK/6

113 Admiralty to Nelson 31.5.1801; Add. 34,934 f. 98

114 Admiralty to Nelson 8.6.1801; Add 34,934 f. 112

115 Hobart to Admiralty 12.6.1801 (Secret); ADM 1/4187

116 Nelson to Admiralty St Vincent 12.6.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 411–12

117 Nelson to Ball 4.6.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 400–1

118 St Vincent to Nelson 3.6.1801; St Vincent 1 p. 103

119 Nelson to Admiralty 13.6.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 413–14. Nelson to Davison 15.6.1801; Nicolas IV p. 416

120 St Helen’s Hawkesbury 18.6.1801; FO 95/217.

121 Totty to Nelson 16.6.1801; CRK/12

122 Nelson to Admiralty 12.6.1801; ADM 1/4 108. Admiralty to Nelson 26.6.1801; Add. 34, 934 f. 119

123 Admiral Pole’s Journal 21.6.1801; ADM 50/43

124 Pole to Admiralty 26.6.1801; ADM 1/4 123. Pole Journal 26.6.1801; ADM 50/43

125 Pole to Nelson 30.7.1801; CRK/10

126 Pole to Admiralty 9.8.1801; and endorsement of 10.9.1801; ADM 1/ 4

127 Nelson to Nepean 29.6.1801; ADM /4 127

CHAPTER XII
 

1 Gash,
Lord
Liverpool
,
pp. 41–2

2 Monaque, ‘Latouche Tréville; the Admiral who defied Nelson’

3 St Vincent to King George III 24.7.1801; George III p. 582. Admiralty to Nelson 26.7.1801; Morrison II pp. 157–9. St Vincent to Admiral Lutwidge 24.7.1801; St Vincent pp. 125–6. Lutwidge had been Nelson’s captain on the Arctic expedition. Nelson Memorandum 25.7.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 425–8

4 White, ‘The Public Oder Book’, pp. 253–5 gives a full list.

5 Nelson to Admiralty 27 and 28.7.1801; to St Vincent 28.7.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 429–32.

6 It had opened in 1796. Wilson,
The
Old
Telegraphs,
pp. 17–20

7 St Vincent to Nelson 29.7.1801; CRK/11. also St Vincent 1 pp. 127–8

8 Nelson to Admiralty 30.7.1801; to St Vincent 30 and 31.7.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 432–3. St Vincent to Nelson 31.7.1801; CRK/11 and St Vincent I pp. 128–9

9 Nelson to Addington 31.7.1801; Nicolas IV p. 434

10 Ware, C.
The
Bomb
Vessel:
Shore
Bombardment
in
the
Age
of
Sail,
pp. 54–8

11 Nelson to St Vincent 2.8.1801; Nicolas IV p. 434. St Vincent to Nelson 3.8.1801; CRK/11

12 Nelson to Lutwidge and Admiralty 3.8.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 435–8

13 Nelson to Admiralty 4.8.1801; to Addington (quote) 4.8.1801; Nicolas IV pp.438–41

14 Nelson to Clarence 5.8.1801; Nicolas IV p. 441

15 Nelson to Admiralty; to Captains of the Sea Fencibles 6.8.1801; Nicolas IV PP. 443–5

16 Nelson to St Vincent 6.8.1801; Nicolas IV p. 445

17 St Vincent to Nelson 7 and 8.8.1801; St Vincent I pp. 131–3

18 Nelson to St Vincent 7.8.1801 and Nelson to Admiralty 10.8.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 446–7 and 451–2

19 Nelson to St Vincent 10.8.1801; Nicolas IV p. 449

20 Nelson to Emma 11.8.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 454–5

21 Nelson to Emma 4.8.1801; Morrison II p. 160

22 Wareham pp. 145–7.

23 Owen to Nelson 9.8.1801; Add. 34,918 ff. 123 and 125.

24 Nelson to Bedford 10.8.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 452–3

25 Troubridge to Nelson 13.8.1801; CRK/13

26 St Vincent to Nelson 10, 11 and 12.8.1801; St Vincent I pp. 133–6

27 Nelson to St Vincent 13.8.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 456–7

28 Nelson to Davison 13.8.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 458–9

29 Collingwood to Edward Collingwood 13.8.1801; Owen ed.
Miscellany
VI
PP. 173–5

30 St Vincent to Nelson 14.8.1801; St Vincent I pp. 135–6

31 Nelson to Admiralty; to St Vincent 16.8.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 464–7

32 St Vincent to King 17.8.1801; George III p. 594

33 Addington to Nelson 17.8.1801; CRK/1, St Vincent to Nelson 17.8.1801; St Vincent I pp. 136–7. Nelson to Squadron Captains 18.8.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 471–2.

34 Nelson to Emma 18.8.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 473–4

35 Hood to Cornwallis 31.8.1801;
Manuscripts
of
Cornwallis
p. 395

36 St Vincent to Nelson 18.8.1801; St Vincent I pp. 137–8. Addington to Nelson I9.8.1801; CRK/1

37 Nelson to Addington 21.8.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 474–6

38 Nelson to Admiralty 23.8.1801; Nicolas IVB pp. 476–7

39 Troubridge to Nelson 13.8.1801; CRK/13. Owen to Nelson 21.8.1801; CRK/9. Owen to Nelson 22.8.1801; Add. 34,918 f. 189. Nelson to Owen 23.8.1801; Nicolas IV p. 476.

40 Nelson to Lutwidge and St Vincent 24.8.1801. Nelson to Admiralty 25.8.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 477–80.

41 Nelson to Stewart 26.8.1801;
Cumloden
Papers.

42 St Vincent to Nelson 19 and 26.8.1801; St Vincent I pp. 138–40. Troubridge to Nelson 28.8.1801; CRK/13

43 Nelson to Davison 31.8.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 481–2

44 St Vincent to Countess of Malmesbury 20.8.1801; St Vincent I p. 209

45 Nepean to Nelson 28.8.1801; Add. 34,918 f. 200

46 Haslewood to Nelson 25.8., 31.8. and 2.9.1801; Add. 34,918 ff. 193, 210, 215

47 Nelson to Davison 18.12.1801; Nicolas IV p. 556

48 Troubridge to Nelson 20.9.1801; CRK/13

49 Troubridge to Nelson 9 and 12.9.1801; CRK/13

50 Nelson to Hercules Ross 12.9.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 487–8

51 Nelson to Davison 14.9.1801; Nicolas IV p. 489

52 Nelson to Admiralty 14.9.1801; to St Vincent 15.9.1801; Nicolas p. 487–90

53 St Vincent to Nelson 14, 21 and 22.9.1801; St Vincent I pp. 144–5

54 Nelson to Stewart 23.9.1801;
Cumloden
Papers

55 W. Owen to Nelson 26.9.1801; CRK/9. Nelson to Owen 1.10.1801; Nelson to Admiralty 3.10.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 500–2. Burrows, E. H.
Captain
Owen
of
the
African
Survey,
1774

1857,
Rotterdam, 1979, pp. 31–2.

56 Nelson to St Vincent 29.9.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 499–500

57 St Vincent to Nelson 2 and 5. 10.1801; St Vincent I p. 146

58 Nelson to Lutwidge 3.10.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 503–4

59 Nelson to Admiralty 3 and 4.10.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 502–5

60 Nelson to St Vincent 4?.10.1801; Nicolas IV p. 505. George III to Addington 20.9.1801; Aspinall,
George
III
p. 613.

61 Addington to Nelson 8.10.1801; Nelson to Davison 9.10.1801, to Addington and St Vincent 10.10.1801; Nicolas pp. 506–8. Nelson to Lutwidge 14.10.1801; Nicolas IV p. 511

62 Nelson to Admiralty 14 and 15.10.1801; Nicolas IV p. 511

63 St Vincent to Nelson 20 and 24.10.1801; St Vincent I pp. 147–8

64 Addington to Nelson 26.10.1801; Add. 34,918 f. 290.

65 Nicolas IV pp. 520–1

66
Nelson to St Vincent 29.9.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 499–500. Nelson to Lord Mayor, Addington, St Vincent 20.11.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 524–7

67 Nelson to St Vincent 21.11.1801; Nicolas IV p. 527

68 St Vincent to Addington 3.1.1802; St V
INCENT
I pp. 105

69
Addington to Nelson 27.11.1801; Nicolas IV pp. 525–6

70
Cumloden
Papers.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Graham Eden Hamond (1779–1862) commanded the
Blanche
in the battle. Hamond Papers; William R. Perkins Library, Duke University.

71 Nelson to Sir Brooke Boothby 1.5.1802; Nicolas IV pp. 12–13

72 Baird to Nelson 27.1.1803; CRK/1

73 Nelson to Suckling 15.4.1802; Nelson to Mrs Bolton 11.6 1802; Nicolas V pp. 10 and 15

74 Ball to Emma 30.4.1802; Morrison II p. 187

75 Diary entry 4.1.1810 at Bath; Bickley, F. ed.
The
Diaries
of
Sylvester
Douglas,
Lord
Glenbervie
, London, 1928, II, p. 50.

76 Guerin,
Horatia
Nelson
, pp. 24–58 is very hostile and a powerful corrective to the usual gushing romantic nonsense.

77 Nelson to McArthur 23 and 28.4.1802; 7.5.1802; 11.6.1802; Nicolas V pp. 11–15.

78 Nelson to St Vincent 28.1.1803; endorsed by Nelson 25.2.1803; Nicolas V pp. 40–1. Nelson gave up some of his own share to ensure that Stewart took the same proportion as a junior flag officer. Clearly he had impressed Nelson as much as Nelson had impressed him.

79 e.g. over Malta see; Ziegler,
Addington
pp. 120, 124. Nelson to Boothby 1.5.1802; Nicolas V pp. 12–13. Nelson to Addington 17.7.1802; Nicolas VII p. ccxii.

80 Nelson to Addington 31.1.1802; Nicolas V p. 3

81 Addington to Nelson 19.2.1802 and 30.5.1802; Morrison II pp. 185–6. and CRK/1. See Ziegler at pp. 139–40 for Addington’s Episcopal appointments.

82 Nelson to Addington 23.2.1802, 25.3.1802; Nicolas V pp. 6 and 8–9

83 Nelson to Addington 30.6.1804; Ziegler p. 226

84 Nelson to Troubridge 17.2.1802; Nicolas V p. 5

85 Nelson to Sutton 15.1. and 6.2.1802. Nicolas V p. 2

86 Nelson to St Vincent 16.6.1802; Nicolas V p. 16

87 Ziegler, p. 101

88 Nelson to Boothby 1.5.1802; Nicolas V pp. 12–13

89 Stewart to Nelson 10.10.1802; Morrison II pp. 198–9. Nelson to Stewart 12.10.1802; Cumloden Papers

90 Nelson to Davison 11 and 14.9.1802; Nicolas V pp. 29–31

91 Minto II p. 258

92 Nelson to Addington 4.12.1802, covering his Memorandum on Malta; Nicolas V pp. 36–7. Ziegler p. 182

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