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Nelson, Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805 to Perkins Magra

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.077 Author/Creator: Nelson, Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805 Place Written: at Sea Type: Autograph letter signed Date: June 20, 1799 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Introduces Captain Don de Pinto, sent from the Marquis de Niza. Magra was Consul General at Tunis. Marquis de Niza headed a Portuguese squadron in the blockading of Valetta, Malta, 1798-1800.

Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805
Magra, Perkins, fl. 1799
Niza, Marquis de, fl. 1798-1800
de Pinto, Don, fl. 1799
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