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Admiral Lord Saumarez. 1811 (May 15) Letter from "Victory in Wingo Sound" to G.H Freeling at the G.P.O thanking him for sending letters for the fleet to Harwich and promising to collect the postage according to the list transmitted; and three 1812-13 letters posted from Portsmouth, Cheltenham or London all to Thomas de Saumarez in Guernsey written entirely in Saumarez hand, the first just prior to embarking on "Victory" to sail to the Baltic. Baron James de Saumarez distinguished career including captaincy of H.M.S "Orion" at the Battles of St. Vincent (1797) and the Nile (1798); he commanded the Baltic Squadron 1808-13. (4).
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