W&8J1 just before the/war, a, able series .of love-letters written- foy Nelson io his, wife 'appeared .at\ Christia's^; : ';Mr Edmund. Bring, [ the. manager,,,feltJifc -'to 'be/a patriotic duty -to save and -hold the collection. for England, accord;- • ingly, ;%at a;I!t .coiners' at £2200j, .Mtier nearly two ■ years.aw enthusiastic-patriot 5 ■i-as. made, effort toi liuy 'iHe letters, _ and,: has promised- ifhat * they shall remain, in this country. Ee has. ihinted- at His wish some day to leave them to the nation: In a letter dated Sefptem-ber 15, 1795, Nelson wrote, some words which tersely sum up the European situation! as ..it -stands at the present in of- : men-t:—"As for- the; German generals, war is their/.trade and is rujii. to them; -therefore we "caniiot : expect they: •have any wish to finish, the war." \'
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Nelson Evening Mail, 18 September 1916, Page 1
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