and 10.7.1796; Nicolas II pp. 207–9
51 Jervis to Nelson 13 and 14.7.1796, Jervis to Elliot 14.7.1796; Naish pp. 337–9
52 Elliot to Nelson 17.7.1796; Naish pp. 341–2
53 Nelson to Wife 21–3.7.1796; Naish pp. 297–8
54 Nelson to Clarence 20.7.1796; Nicolas II pp. 218–9
55 Nelson to Jervis 23.7.1796; Nicolas VII p. xlii
56 Jervis to Elliot 25.7.1796; Naish p. 339. Jervis to Spencer 18 and 27.7.1796; Spencer II pp. 37 and 42
57 Nelson to Elliot 5.8.1796; Elliot to Nelson 6.8.1796; Naish pp. 341–2. Nelson to Elliot 10 and 11.8.1796; Nicolas II pp. 238–40
58 Jervis to Nelson 31.7.1796; Brenton I pp. 192–3. Nelson to Jervis 15.8.1796; Nicolas VII p. xlix
59 Jervis to Spencer 11.8.1796; Spencer II pp. 46–7. Jervis to Elliot 12.8.1796; Naish p. 339.
60 Nelson to Father 19.8.1796; Nicolas II pp. 244–5
61 Nelson to Elliot 25.8.1796; Nicolas II. pp. 253–5
62 Nelson to Clarence 19.8.1796; Nicolas II pp. 245–6
63 Elliot to Nelson 30.8.1796; Naish pp. 344–5
64 Nelson to Wife 10.9.1796; Naish p. 303
65 Nelson to William Wyndham 3.9.1796; Nicolas VII pp. cvii–cx. Nelson to Jervis 11, 14 and 19.9.1796; Nelson to Elliot 21.9.1796; Nicolas II pp. 262–74
66Jervis to Spencer 27.9.1796 enclosing Nelson –Jervis 15.9.1796; Spencer II PP–54–7
67 White, 1797: Nelson’s Year of Destiny, pp. 16–17
68 Jervis to Spencer 15.9.1796; Spencer II pp. 52–4
69 Jervis to Nelson 25.9.1796; Naish p. 338
70 Jervis to Elliot 26.9.1796; Naish p. 340
71 Nelson to Jervis 26 and 28.9.1796; Nicolas II pp. 282–5
72 Nelson to Jervis 19.10.1796; Nicolas II pp. 291–4
73 Jervis to Nelson 13.10.1796; Naish p. 338
74 Rose, p. 77
75 Jervis to Elliot 17.10.1796; Naish p. 340
76 Nelson to Jervis 15 and 17.10.1796; Nicolas II pp. 288–9
77 Nelson to Wife 13 and 24.10.1796; Naish pp. 30–6
78 Jervis to Spencer 2.10.1796; Spencer II p. 58
79 Jervis to Spencer 23.10.1796; Spencer II pp. 61–4
80 Nelson to Locker 5.11.1796; Nicolas II pp. 298–9
81 Nelson to Collingwood 20.11.1796; Nelson Suckling 29.11.1796; Nicolas II pp. 304–7. Nelson to Wife 22.11.1796; Naish pp. 308–9
82 Nelson to Collingwood 1.12.1796; Nicolas II p. 307. Nelson to Wife 1, 9 and 12.12.1796; Naish pp. 309–10
83 Jervis to Nelson 10.12.1796; Nicolas II p. 311
84 Jervis to Elliot 10.12.1796; Brenton I pp. 272–4
85 Spencer to Jervis 16.12.1796 Spencer .II p. 78
86 Nelson to Jervis 20.12.1796; Nicolas II pp. 312–15
87 Nelson to Governor of Cartagena 24.12.1796; Nicolas II p. 317
88 Nelson to Jervis 24.12.1796; Nelson to Elliot 24.12.1796; Nelson to De Burgh 29 and 30.12.1796; Nicolas II pp. 317–24
CHAPTER VII
1 Nelson to Spencer 4 and 16.1.1797; Nicolas VII pp. cxxvii–iii This chapter draws extensively on Colin White’s 1797: Nelson’s Year of Destiny, 1998
2 Minto to Portland (Home Secretary) 24.1.1797; Minto II p. 371
3 Nelson to Wife 13.1.1797; Naish p. 312
4 Nelson to Jervis 25.1.1797; Nicolas VII p. cxxix
5 Nelson to Wife 27.1.1797; Naish pp. 312–13
6 Jervis to Spencer 16.2.1797; Nicolas II pp. 355–6
7 Quoted in Nelson to William Nelson 17.2.1797; Nicolas II pp. 351–2
8 Nelson to Locker 21.2.1797; Nicolas II pp. 353–5
9 Nelson received the letter on rejoining the fleet after Tenerife; Nelson to Parker 19.8.1797; Nicolas II p. 438. Parker was disgraced in 1800 for leaving his station in search of prize, and died in 1802.
10 Nelson to Wife 28.2.1797; Naish pp. 317–18
11 Jervis to Spencer 26.2.1796; 5.3.1797; 6.4.1797 and Spencer to Jervis 3.4.1797; Spencer II pp. 93–7; 379–85
12 Jervis to Spencer 5.3.1797; Spencer II p. 372
13 Nelson to Jervis 11.4.1797; to Saumarez 12.4.1797; Nicolas II pp. 376 and 381.
14 Robert Blake, Cromwell’s leading ‘General at Sea’, destroyed a Spanish fleet at Tenerife in 1657.
15 Nelson to Jervis 12.4.1797; Nicolas II pp. 378–81
16 Nelson to Jervis 21.4.1797; Nicolas VII pp. cxxxii–iii
17 Nelson to Wife 27.5.1797; Naish pp. 324–5
18 Nelson to