Letter : on board the Agamemnon, to unknown person, n.p., 1795 Sept. 18.

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Letter : on board the Agamemnon, to unknown person, n.p., 1795 Sept. 18.

Autograph letter. Text at the bottom of each page and Nelson's signature are missing. Relates to an incident in which the frigate Inconstant was fired upon.

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Texas Christian University

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