Collingwood (Cuthbert, 1st Baron 1748-1810). Autograph letter to Sir Hew Dalrymple, thanking him for the offer of accommodation in Gibraltar but declining due to the continuing blockade of Cadiz, on board HMS Ocean, December 12, 1806, 2 pp., 'I am much obliged to you for your kind invitation to take a bed at your house - there is little chance of my coming into port at present - I do not know what to make of those people in Cadiz - we know they are ready for sea - but proffess themselves to be laid up for the winter - I do not believe them, if they could get a favourable opportunity of escaping - I am exceedingly impatient to hear from Sicily - two sloops of war I expect down and hope by them to have a good account from the Adriatic - in the Russian activity I have no great confidence - but our squadron made active people - I have a letter from my wife who is complaining of the Rheumatism - as well as her father, I suppose they are unwilling to believe they grow older - but they write in spite of all the jollity of Newcastle', contemporary docket to verso, folds (one with horizontal split), one corner chipped, a couple of short closed tears and slight soiling, 4to (Qty: 1) Vice Admiral Collingwood was made Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet following the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and was tasked with blockading ports to prevent French naval and merchant activity, from 16 May 1806, serving aboard HMS Ocean, a 98 gun ship of the line. Napoleon responded with the Continental System in November 1806, which attempted to enforce a European trade embargo against Britain to try and weaken her economically. This largely failed as Britain succeeded in smuggling in goods via Spain and Russia (both of which were to be invaded by Napoleon), and developed new markets in the Americas with the support and protection of the British Navy, generally dominant in the Atlantic. Sir Hew Dalrymple (1750-1830) saw action in the 1793 Flanders Campaign against Revolutionary France, was made a Lieutenant-General in 1801 before transferring to Gibraltar in 1806 to serve under General Henry Fox, and was appointed acting Governor of Gibraltar from November 1806 to August 1808.
Collingwood (Cuthbert, 1st Baron 1748-1810). Autograph letter to Sir Hew Dalrymple, thanking him for the offer of accommodation in Gibraltar but declining due to the continuing blockade of Cadiz, on board HMS Ocean, December 12, 1806, 2 pp., 'I am much obliged to you for your kind invitation to take a bed at your house - there is little chance of my coming into port at present - I do not know what to make of those people in Cadiz - we know they are ready for sea - but proffess themselves to be laid up for the winter - I do not believe them, if they could get a favourable opportunity of escaping - I am exceedingly impatient to hear from Sicily - two sloops of war I expect down and hope by them to have a good account from the Adriatic - in the Russian activity I have no great confidence - but our squadron made active people - I have a letter from my wife who is complaining of the Rheumatism - as well as her father, I suppose they are unwilling to believe they grow older - but they write in spite of all the jollity of Newcastle', contemporary docket to verso, folds (one with horizontal split), one corner chipped, a couple of short closed tears and slight soiling, 4to (Qty: 1) Vice Admiral Collingwood was made Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet following the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and was tasked with blockading ports to prevent French naval and merchant activity, from 16 May 1806, serving aboard HMS Ocean, a 98 gun ship of the line. Napoleon responded with the Continental System in November 1806, which attempted to enforce a European trade embargo against Britain to try and weaken her economically. This largely failed as Britain succeeded in smuggling in goods via Spain and Russia (both of which were to be invaded by Napoleon), and developed new markets in the Americas with the support and protection of the British Navy, generally dominant in the Atlantic. Sir Hew Dalrymple (1750-1830) saw action in the 1793 Flanders Campaign against Revolutionary France, was made a Lieutenant-General in 1801 before transferring to Gibraltar in 1806 to serve under General Henry Fox, and was appointed acting Governor of Gibraltar from November 1806 to August 1808.
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