Secret letterbook to and from Admiral Collingwood.
Letters of secret orders from Admiral Collingwood while on board HMS Dreadnought ,1805, acknowledging receipt of orders. Letter dated 22 October 1805 includes the death of Horatio Nelson; an account of the Battle of Trafalgar and the order in which the ships of the British Squadron attacked the combined fleet on 21 October. In the reverse of the volume are secret letters received by Collingwood from different correspondence such as the Admiralty, Lord Gardner and Lord Nelson. Also includes a letter from Spain regarding the terms for release of their wounded on 30 October 1805.
Record Details
| Item reference: | COL/16; MSS/76/001 MSS/76/001 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 book |
| Date made: | 1805-05-20 - 1808-07-16; 1808-01-01 - ? |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- In and Out letters: March 1793-September 1795 and Feb 1793-July 1795. (Manuscript) (COL/1)
- Letterbook of HMS EXCELLENT: Jun 1795-May 1798 and June 1795-May 1798 including In and Out letters. (Manuscript) (COL/2)
- Collingwood, Cuthbert, Baron, Vice-Admiral, 1750-1810 (Manuscript) (COL/3)
- Letterbook of In letters, November 1806-Oct 1807. (Manuscript) (COL/4)
- Consul's In and Out letters, Feb 1806-July 1807. (Manuscript) (COL/5)
- In and Out letterbook to Consuls, 1807-9. (Manuscript) (COL/6)
- Spanish In and Out letters, July 1808-10. (Manuscript) (COL/7)
- Spanish letters sent and received, June 1809-Mar 1810. (Manuscript) (COL/8)
- General letters received, Dec 1808-July 1809. (Manuscript) (COL/9)
- Letters received, June 1809-Mar 1810. (Manuscript) (COL/10)
- Letters sent, August 1808-9. (Manuscript) (COL/11)
- Letters sent, August 1808-Mar 1810. (Manuscript) (COL/12)
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