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LETTERS.
II]
TO THE REVEREND MR. NELSON , BURNHAM.
[Autograph, in the Nelson Papers.]
Windsor, [Antigua, ] October 24th, 1784.
My dear Brother,
By this time I hope you are quite recovered, and drawing verynear to old England. 9 The weather here has been so very hotsince you left us, that 1 firmly believe you would hardly haveweathered the fever which has carried off several of theBoreas’s Ship’s company since you left us, and a Mr. Elliot,acting Lieutenant of the Unicorn , who you may remember.I have been living here for this week past, whilst my Ship hasbeen painting. Yesterday, for the first time, I dined at Mr.Eliot’s : 10 the Admiral and his family are there. They leftClarke’s Hill the 15th, and come to Mr. Horsford’s the ‘26th,where they are to remain till they sail, which is to be on the1st of November.
We are all invited to a grand dinner on the 31st, on boardthe Adamant, and are to go strait to Barbadoes to get bread,for there is none at this Island. From Barbadoes I am togo to the Virgin Islands to examine them, by a particular or-der from the Admiralty. I suppose they wish to find somegood lands for the poor American loyalists. I must makemy letter short, for the Zebra sails to-morrow, and I have anumber of letters to write. If you went to Portsmouth inthe Fury, you would find Kingsmill, who would be vastly civil,I am sure. God bless you, and rest assured
I am your affectionate brother,
9 Mr. Nelson was obliged to leave the West Indies for England, in the Fury-Sloop, on the 30th September 1784, on account of his health.
10 Apparently Samuel Eliot, Esq., of Antigua , whose second daughter, Eliza-beth, married in July 1701, Thomas Lord Le Despencer, grandfather of thepresent Baroness Le Despencer,