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Admirals -- Great Britain -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Baron Cuthbert Collingwood letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225523106]
Identifier: MSS 3107
Abstract

1 handwritten letter (1 page); 22 October 1805; 21 x 33 cm; light blue "crown" stationary, with fine watermark; (unsigned) "General Order" dated "Euryalus Cape Trafalgar 22 Oct 1805." Letter written in honor of the British naval victory at Trafalgar the preceding day: "A day should be appointed of general humiliation before God, and thanksgiving for his merciful goodness."

Dates: 1805 October 22