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A 9" × 7" paper with a handwritten note from Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson to an unnamed admiral, dated 18 August 1801. The note reads: "My Dear Ad: / The Vessels from Dunkirk are got into Calais this morning. / Ever yours faithfully / Nelson & Bronte." It concerns the Invasion Panic of 1801, when British authorities were convinced that Napoleon Bonaparte was about to launch an attack across the English Channel. Counter-invasion plans gave a major role to Nelson, who commanded naval forces off the south coast. On August 4, Nelson led a raid on Boulogne to attack vessels massing there. On the night of 16 August he launched a more prolonged attack during which 45 British were killed and 128 injured. Nelson's protégé, Edward Parker, was among those injured and he later died of his wounds. Nelson signs "Bronte" as Duke of Bronte, a title given to him by King Ferdinand IV in 1799 in gratitude for Nelson's service in Naples. A historically significant fragment from Britain's greatest ever naval hero.