3rd December 1804
To Captain Keats, H.M. Ship Superb
Victory, December 3rd, 1804
My dear Sir,
I suppose, by the arrival of Sir John Orde in our vicinity that I may very soon be your troublesome guest ; that I may not hurry your Ship too much, I shall, with your leave, send some of my wine to the Superb this morning fourteen cask, and about eleven or twelve cases ; but my dear Sir, there are so many things that I have to intrude upon your goodness for, that I hardly see how to make you any amends for the trouble I shall give. We shall lay to ; therefore, will you come on board this morning, and you will very much oblige,
NELSON AND BRONTE
Notes
Horatio Nelson, The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, with Notes, ed. Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (London: Henry Colburn, 1846), 238-234
