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A LETTER FROM ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD REGARDING THE DEATH OF NELSON A LETTER FROM ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD REGARDING THE DEATH OF NELSON an Autograph letter from Lord Cuthbert Collingwood, signed to Captain (Sir James Nicoll) Morris concerning the victory at Trafalgar, the death of Duff and Cooke ‘but it was in a glorious occasion they suffered and I hope a grateful country will make to them a due recompense’, ‘Give my love to Tyler (Sir Charles Tyler) I esteemed you long since…this action (which has placed you amongst the most distinguished of England’s defenders)’, the death of Nelson, ‘My hand is sinking with grief, I sorrow for my losses – the dearest & oldest of my many friends I have lost in the commander-in-chief – The Virtues of Duff and Cooke will ever live in my reminiscence’ and wishing Morris a speedy recovery, 4pp. (the last one and a half blank save for endorsement), both leaves detached, written onboard H.M.S. Queen, 31 October 1805 -- 9 x 7½in. (23 x 19cm.)