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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