Gift of a Spanish sword
In this letter from Horatio Nelson to William Herring - then mayor of Norwich - Nelson makes him a gift of a Spanish sword. Herring was one of the 1821 land tax commissioners and this letter was uncovered during the investigations by the Norwich history detectives.
Title
Letter from Horatio Nelson to William Herring
Date
18 September 1797
Catalogue number
Norfolk RO, MC 154/1