NELSON, Horatio (1758-1805) Autograph letter signed (“Nelson & Bronte”) to Captain James Shepherd, Merton, 14 July 1802. 1 page, 4to, folds, framed with portrait.
NELSON, Horatio (1758-1805) Autograph letter signed (“Nelson & Bronte”) to Captain James Shepherd, Merton, 14 July 1802. 1 page, 4to, folds, framed with portrait. Horatio Nelson looks after Lady Hamilton's sickly cousin, Charles Connor, a midshipman aboard the Phoebe — approving the boy’s proposed leave of absence to visit his mother soon after his assignment to the ship—but requesting its captain remind the young man “that I was 12 years without seeing home.” Nelson writes in part: “…In respect to Charles Connor going to see his Mother Lady Hamilton desires me to say that she is gone to live in the Country and if she was not I very much disapprove of his thinking & ask for leave of absence pray be so good and tell him so. That I was 12 years without seeing home, I hope he will conduct himself in such a manner as to meet your approbation which will also ensure him the friendship of Dr. Sir yours much obliged…” A fine letter illustrating Nelson's compassion toward the young man, tempered by his desire to instill discipline and mold him into a proper officer. Life at sea evidentially took its toll on the lad. Writing to Lady Hamilton two years on, he remarked on the boy’s state when he brought him aboard the Victory: “Yesterday, I took Charles Connor on board, from the Phoebe, to try what we can do with him. At present, poor fellow, he has got a very bad eye—and, I almost fear, that he will be blind of it--owing to an olive-stone striking the eye... The other complaint, in his head, is but little more, I think, than it was when he first came to Deal; a kind of silly laugh, when spoken to. He always complains of a pain in the back part of his head; but when that is gone I do not perceive but that he is as wise as many of his neighbours. You may rely, my dear Emma, that nothing shall be wanting, on my part, to render him every service.” (Nicholas, Dispatches and Letters, 6:36)
NELSON, Horatio (1758-1805) Autograph letter signed (“Nelson & Bronte”) to Captain James Shepherd, Merton, 14 July 1802. 1 page, 4to, folds, framed with portrait.
NELSON, Horatio (1758-1805) Autograph letter signed (“Nelson & Bronte”) to Captain James Shepherd, Merton, 14 July 1802. 1 page, 4to, folds, framed with portrait. Horatio Nelson looks after Lady Hamilton's sickly cousin, Charles Connor, a midshipman aboard the Phoebe — approving the boy’s proposed leave of absence to visit his mother soon after his assignment to the ship—but requesting its captain remind the young man “that I was 12 years without seeing home.” Nelson writes in part: “…In respect to Charles Connor going to see his Mother Lady Hamilton desires me to say that she is gone to live in the Country and if she was not I very much disapprove of his thinking & ask for leave of absence pray be so good and tell him so. That I was 12 years without seeing home, I hope he will conduct himself in such a manner as to meet your approbation which will also ensure him the friendship of Dr. Sir yours much obliged…” A fine letter illustrating Nelson's compassion toward the young man, tempered by his desire to instill discipline and mold him into a proper officer. Life at sea evidentially took its toll on the lad. Writing to Lady Hamilton two years on, he remarked on the boy’s state when he brought him aboard the Victory: “Yesterday, I took Charles Connor on board, from the Phoebe, to try what we can do with him. At present, poor fellow, he has got a very bad eye—and, I almost fear, that he will be blind of it--owing to an olive-stone striking the eye... The other complaint, in his head, is but little more, I think, than it was when he first came to Deal; a kind of silly laugh, when spoken to. He always complains of a pain in the back part of his head; but when that is gone I do not perceive but that he is as wise as many of his neighbours. You may rely, my dear Emma, that nothing shall be wanting, on my part, to render him every service.” (Nicholas, Dispatches and Letters, 6:36)
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