MISS HORATIA NELSON,

(Lord Nelson’s Adopted Daughter;)

AND

MISS CHARLOTTE NELSON,

(Daughter of the present Earl.)

Letters

OF

LORD NELSON, &c.

TO

MISS HORATIA NELSON THOMSON.

  Victory, April 13th, 1804.

MY DEAR HORATIA,

I send you twelve books of Spanish dresses, which you will let your guardian angel, Lady Hamilton, keep for you, when you are tired of looking at them.  I am very glad to hear, that you are perfectly recovered; and, that you are a very good child.  I beg, my dear Horatia, that you will always continue so; which will be a great comfort to your most affectionate

  NELSON & BRONTE.

TO MISS CHARLOTTE NELSON.

  Victory, April 19th, 1804.

MY DEAR CHARLOTTE,

I thank you very much for your kind letters of January 3d, and 4th; and I feel truly sensible of your kind regard for that dear little orphan, Horatia.

Although her parents are lost; yet, she is not without a fortune:  and, I shall cherish her to the last moment of my life; and curse them who curse her, and Heaven bless them who bless her!  Dear innocent! she can have injured no one.

I am glad to hear, that she is attached to you; and, if she takes after her parents, so she will, to those who are kind to her.

I am, ever, dear Charlotte, your affectionate uncle,

  NELSON & BRONTE.

LETTERS

FROM

ALEXANDER DAVISON, ESQ.

TO

LADY HAMILTON.

LETTERS OF ALEX.  DAVISON, ESQ. &c.

I.

  [1804.]

MY DEAR MADAM,

I have, equally with yourself, felt extremely uneasy all night, thinking on the letter, which is a very serious one; and, until we receive our next dispatches, I shall still feel every day more and more anxious.

I rely on that kind Providence, which has hitherto sheltered him under every danger, upon the occasion.

He was on the eve of engaging, for protection—­and preservation—­It is, indeed, an anxious moment!

I have long thought, a plan was in agitation regarding the Toulon fleet being given up; but, whether it was in contemplation at the period the last letter was written, I know not.  I am rather disposed to think otherwise.

The next packet will explain the whole; and, I trust, will relieve our minds of that burden, hardly supportable at present.

I shall, this evening, go quietly into the country, and return to town about noon to-morrow:  as I require air, and a little relaxation; for I am, actually, overpowered with business.