Horatio Nelson correspondence with Lady Emma Hamilton and others, 1760-1869.

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Horatio Nelson correspondence with Lady Emma Hamilton and others, 1760-1869.

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Correspondence of Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton with King George III and other heads of state, Hamilton's husband William Hamilton, and many others, together with portraits of Nelson, Hamilton, and others, and engravings of Nelson, and naval battles, among other items.

5 boxes (.8 linear ft.)

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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

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Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1761?-1815

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