Property from the estate of the late Lt.Cmdr. Charles Addis M.B.E., R.N., Captain of H.M.S. Victory 1982-1986

LORD NELSON: AN AUTOGRAPH ORDER REGARDING INFESTED BREAD
dated 14th January, 1805 and sent To the Masters of His Majesty's Ships Royal Sovereign, Conqueror and Canopus advising them that, following an inspection by Captain Bayntun of the Leviathan, they were to destroy infested bread: ...there is onboard the said Ships a quantity of Bread so full of Vermin as to be unfit for men to Eat... written in a secretarial hand and signed Nelson + Bronte, mounted in a reverse-glazed frame -- 7½ x 11½in. (19 x 29cm.) overall

Condition Report
Unexamined out of frame; paper retains good colour, crease at centre, 4mm hole to left margin away from Nelson's signature.

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