Jervis to Nelson, HMS VICTORY, off Toulon, 28 August [1796],Captain Towry fitting out a flotilla at Ajaccio to counter the expected attack on west Corsica, to watch for Spanish ships and valuable cargoes, provisions from Leghorn, correspondence from Madame Caffarena [English wife of a merchant at Genoa]

Admiral Sir John JERVIS, later Lord St Vincent, 1735-1823, Jervis to Nelson, HMS VICTORY, off Toulon, 28 August [1796],Captain Towry fitting out a flotilla at Ajaccio to counter the expected attack on west Corsica, to watch for Spanish ships and valuable cargoes, provisions from Leghorn, correspondence from Madame Caffarena [English wife of a merchant at Genoa]

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Item reference:	CRK/11/73
Catalogue Section:	Artificial collections previously assembled
Level:	ITEM
Extent:	1 item
Date made:	1796-08-28
Creator:	Phillipps-Croker
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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Collection of naval manuscripts gathered by Sir Thomas Phillipps. (Manuscript) (PLA)
- Phillipps-Croker (Manuscript) (CRK)
  - Correspondence to Nelson arranged alphabetically by the name of the writers surname beginning with 'S' mostly from John Jervis. (Manuscript) (CRK/11)

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