Bullet fragment, [ca.1805?].

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Bullet fragment, [ca.1805?].

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Bullet fragment, with wooden casket. Accompanying autograph note by Candace C. Burton identifies it as part of the bullet that killed Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. According to Burton, the bullet was divided between Captain Thomas Hardy and Master John Hepburn; this fragment was supposedly passed down in the Hepburn family.

1 item ; 1 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8025665

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Nelson, Horatio Nelson, viscount, 1758-1805

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British naval officer. After his victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, Nelson was created Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. The following year he was made Duke of BronteĢ in Sicily for his role in restoring the civil government of Naples after its rescue from the French. From the description of ALS : Brixham, to Emma Hamilton, London, 1801 Feb. 16. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 145506957 Horatio Nelson, British admiral, mad...

Hepburn, John, Captain.

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Burton, Candace C.

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