Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000
The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer part II
Auction: September 19, 2019 11:00:00 AM EDT
[London]: Piccadilly, April 8, 1803. 1p., 4to, signed "Nelson + Bronte"; with light creasing along folds; final "n" of "Nelson" in signature traversed by moderate vertical crease; docketed on verso.
To Messrs. Lubbock & Co., regretting the return of prize goods at the request of the French, apologizing for his inability to help, and proclaiming that, "if this mode were adopted no foreigner could purchase prize goods and this would give France more power and insolence than she has at present which is needless..."