Nelson to Suckling 14.1.1784; Nicolas II p. 479
13 Jenkinson to Sandwich 12.2.1781; Add. MS 38,308 f. 81
14 Rodger, The Insatiable Earl: A life of John Montagu, 4 th Earl of Sandwich, pp. 176–9. See also Sandwich to Jenkinson 19.1.1781; BL Add. MS 38,217 f. 253
15 Nelson to William Nelson 7.5.1781; Nicolas I pp. 42–3
16 Jenkinson to Sandwich 10.4.1781; Add. MS 38,308 f. 113
17 Walker, The Nelson Portraits , pp. 13–18
18 Hood to Pigot 22.11.1782; Hannay ed. Letters of Lord Hood; 1781 – 83 , p. 15
19 C&M; 1. p. 52. The anecdote was supplied by the Duke after 1805 and is therefore suspect.
20 Nelson to Locker 25.2.1782; Nicolas I p. 723
CHAPTER II
1 Goodwin, pp. 106–13
2 Goodwin, pp. 113–17 lists the offences, and the number of lashes awarded.
3 According to his first lieutenant James Wallis, who retailed the story to C&M [1840] p. 143. There is a complete transcript of this memo taken from Add. 34,990 in Rawson ed. Nelson’s Letters from the Leeward Islands , pp. 47–54. Pocock, Young Nelson, p. 194
4 Ritcheson, Aftermath of Revolution: British Policy Towards the United States, 1783 – 1795 , PP. 3–17, 218–21
5 His letters to William frequently refer to this fraud. See 29.12.1786; Nicolas I p. 204
6 Nelson to William Nelson 29.3. and 2.4.1784: Nicolas I p. 101–2
7 Brewer, The Sinews of Power: War, Money and the English State 1688 – 1783, pp. 101–5
8 Ehrman, The Younger Pitt: The Years of Acclaim . Nelson to Suckling 14.1.1784: Nicolas II, pp. 479–80
9 Nelson to Hughes January 1785, and copied to the Secretary to the Admiralty 18.1.1785: Nicolas I pp. 114–18
10 Rawson ed. Nelson’s Letters from the Leeward Islands , pp. 23–40
11 Nelson to Suckling 25.9. and 14.11.1785; Nicolas I pp. 140–6
12 Nelson to Locker 5.3.1786; Nicolas I pp. 156–60
13 Nelson to Moutray 6.2.1785 and Nelson to Admiralty 17.2.1785; Nicolas I pp. 118–19, 121–3
14 Fanny’s letters to him were burnt on the eve of the attack on Tenerife.
15 Nelson to Fanny 4.5.1786; Nicolas I p. 167. Vincent notes at p. 71 that this was still being used as a homily for young naval officers in 1954.
16 Nelson to Fanny 6.3.1787; Naish ed. Nelson’s Letters to His Wife and Other Documents, 1785 – 1831 ,p. 50
17 William to Hood 9.2.1787: Ranft, ed. ‘Prince William and Lieutenant Schomberg’, in Lloyd, ed. The Naval Miscellany: Vol. IV. London, 1952 pp. 270–2
18 William to Nelson 3.12.1787 and William to Hood 26.12.1787 and 5.1.1788; Ranft pp. 286–95
19 Howe to Hood 2.7.1787; Ranft p. 287
20 Rose recalled this meeting in conversation with Clarke or McArthur. See C&M (1840) I p. 150
21 Nelson to Clarence 10.12.1792; Nicolas I pp. 294–7
22 Ziegler, King William IV , pp. 37–95, for Prince William’s relationship with Nelson and the Navy.
23 Clarence to Nelson 3.10.1796; Add. 34,904 f. 400
24 Nelson to William 2.6.1788; Nicolas I pp. 275–6
25 Nicolas I p. 288
CHAPTER III
1 Goodwin, pp. 118–31; Deane, Nelson’s Favourite: HMS Agamemnon at War. 1781 – 1809 ,pp. 75–130
2 Sherwig, Guineas and Gunpowder ,p. 11
3 Sherwig, p. 25. Ehrman II p. 278
4 Ehrman II pp. 278–80
5 Nelson to Wife 15.3.1793; Naish pp. 74–5
6 Nelson to William Nelson 18.4.1793; Nicolas I p. 304.
7 Letters of 18, 20 and 25 May 1793; Nicolas I pp. 306–7. Naish pp. 80–1.
8 The Sea Journal, reproduced in Naish pp. 128–150, can be compared with the contemporary letters.
9 Nelson to Clarence 14.7.1793; Nicolas I pp. 311–15. Nelson still believed Clarence would be employed.
10 Nelson to Wife 15.7.1793; Naish pp. 84–5
11 Nelson to Wife 4.8.1793; Naish pp. 87–8
12 Nelson to Father 20.8.1793; Nicolas I pp. 319–20
13 Ehrman II p. 303
14 Nelson to Wife 7–10.9.1793,14.10.1793 and Nelson to Suckling 14.9.1793; Naish pp. 92–4, Nicolas I p. 327
15 Nelson to Suckling 11.10.1793: Nicolas I pp. 331–2
16 Nelson to Wife 12.10.1793; Naish pp. 93–4
17 Sea Journal 22.10.1793; Naish pp. 138–9
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