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Horatio Nelson letter to Cuthbert Collingwood
1787

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Creator: Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805
Call number: MssCol 4559
Physical description: .1 linear feet (1 folder)
Preferred Citation: Horatio Nelson letter to Cuthbert Collingwood, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Repository: Manuscripts and Archives Division
Access to materials: Advance notice required. Request access to this collection.

One letter from Admiral Horatio Nelson to Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood dated at Nevis, May 3, 1787, regarding the death at sea of Collingwood's brother, Wilfred.

Scope and arrangement

One letter from Admiral Horatio Nelson to Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood dated at Nevis, May 3, 1787, regarding the death at sea of Collingwood's brother, Wilfred.

Administrative information

Custodial history

Letter was originally received as a part of the Herter collection.

Processing information

Compiled by Kit Messick, 2013

Key terms

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Subjects

Admirals -- Great Britain -- Correspondence

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Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328

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Horatio Nelson letter to Cuthbert Collingwood 1787