July 1st 1805
To Rear - Admiral Louis
(July 1st. Noon, Light breezes and clear. St Mary’s (Azores S89E, Distance 175 Leagues - Victory Log)
Victory, July 1st, 1805
My Dear Admiral,
I think you may with great safety venture to dine on board the Victory to-day, for I fear that we shall not have a wind to move us faster than the Boats can pass. I can tell you no news, but Amazon may bring us some.
Ever, my dear Louis, yours most faithfully.
Nelson and Bronte
(At 5 am on July 1st Amazon (38) made the signal for a strange sail, S.S.W, She proceeded to examine but nothing more was noted in the official log of Victory.)
To Captain Hargood, H.M Ship Belleisle
Victory, July 1st, 1805
My Dear Hargood,
As the day is very fine, I was in hopes that you would have come on board, and dined. From the winds, and the pectation of wind, I have been afraid to ask my friends to dinner: but I need not, I hope, assure you, how glad I am always to see you, being, my dear Hargood, yours most faithfully.
Nelson and Bronte
The Letters and Dispatches of Lord Nelson, vol. VI, ed. Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (London: Henry Colburn, 1845), p. 467- 468.
