LETTERS.

1802 —jet. 43 .

TO CAPTAIN SUTTON, H.M. SHIP AMAZON.

[Autograph, iu the possession of Captain Ives Sutton,]

Merton, January 6th, 1802.

My dear Sutton,

I send you the order, but I do not think it will be useful tothe men. I feel much obliged for Captain Owen’s kind offerabout Connor, and if he is employed I shall gladly accept hisoffer; but I see so little of any of the Admiralty people, andthey tell me nothing, that I am as ignorant of any arrangementsas you can possibly conceive. I cannot get my discharge. Iasked yesterday: my answer was, ‘ No person of any rank is tobe discharged.’ It is very cold, even here, and I have been laidup with swelled face. Yesterday, I went to London for twohours, the first time for a month. I can readily conceive yourdesire to be paid off, and, from the little I hear, it cannot belong. Remember us kindly to the Lutwidges, CommodoreSutton, and all our friends about you. Say, in your next, howpoor Langford is. Bedford has been very ill, and I fear cannotyet venture out, for we asked him to come and see us. As pro-bably I shall not return to Deal, I think I may venture to havemy papers and cot sent to London : therefore, I will requestyou to send them by the waggon directed to 23 Piccadilly, andtell me when they are sent. I trust you will forgive mygiving you all this trouble, and believe me ever, my dearSutton, your much obliged,

Nelson and Bronte.

We all join in wishing you every happiness in the presentyear.

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