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LETTERS.
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of: nor would any that reflected one moment. All that I cansay is, that if you come out, I shall be happy to receive you,and to make everything as pleasant as is in my power. TheAdmiral, Lady, and Miss, sailed from here yesterday. Joy gowith them: I had rather have their room than their company.I can’t write you any more; therefore pray excuse me. Givemy kind love to our father, sisters, brothers, and respects toall who inquire after me; and do you be assured that I am,with sincere affection, your Brother,
Entre nous .—Do not be surprised to hear I am a Benedict,for if at all, it will be before a month. Do not tell.
MEMORIAL TO THE KING.
[Copy, in Captain Nelson 's Narrative, vide p. 178, post.]
*29th June, 1785.
TO THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
The humble Memorial and Representation of HoratioNelson, Esq., Commander of His Majesty’s Ship of War,the Boreas.
Sheweth,
That your Memorialist was, and is now, stationed in yourMajesty’s said Ship , the Boreas, together with a Sloop of War,at the Islands of St. Christopher’s and Nevis , in the West Indies , for the protection of their Commerce, and the preven-tion of illegal Trade: in the execution of which trust, yourMemorialist flatters himself he has ever conducted himself insuch a manner as to meet his Admiral’s approbation, and tomerit your Majesty’s consideration.
That in this situation your Memorialist soon found thatyour Majesty’s proclamation prohibiting all Trade with Ame rica , to and from the West Indies , (except in British bottoms,owned and navigated by the people of your Majesty’s Domi-nions and Territories,) was most shamefully evaded by colouringAmerican Vessels with British Registers, by which means,through imposition on some, and connivance of others of theOfficers of His Majesty’s Customs in the West India Islands
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