/internal/media/dispatcher/1609/fullMMM 005163Autograph Letter signed by Viscount Horatio Nelson, to Lady Emma HamiltonManuscripts19th century13 February 180018001800Viscount Horatio NelsonViscount Horatio NelsonAn autograph letter, signed "BRONTE NELSON", to Lady Emma Hamilton.
A quote from the letter reads:
"...To say how I miss your house and company would be saying little; but in truth you and Sir William has [sic] so spoil'd me that I am not happy anywhere else but with you, nor have I an idea that I ever can be..."
This letter acknowledges Nelson's emotions towards Lady Hamilton, while he was returning to the French blockade at Malta in the company of Lord Keith, the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean station.
English28cm x 20cmMalta Maritime MuseumMalta Maritime Museum, Reserve Collection8708950979-801988.013.00.00030LetterMorrison, A., (1894). The Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents, "The Hamilton & Nelson Papers", Vol. II 1798-1815, Printed for Private Circulation.Heritage Malta258Handwritten in ink on paper2 leaf(ves)