Britain's naval hero who destroyed the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile (1798) and defeated the combined French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar (1805) in which action he was killed.

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William Godwin to John Arnot, 23 November 1798 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876)

Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning, [13 December 1800] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

John Wolcot to William Godwin, 8 January 1802 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876)

Eleanor Creevey to Thomas Creevey, 6 November 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Eleanor Creevey, 6 November 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Eleanor Creevey to Thomas Creevey, 7 November 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Eleanor Creevey to Thomas Creevey, 8 November 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Charles Lamb to William Hazlitt, [10 November 1805] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 13 November 1805 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 15 November 1805 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Eleanor Creevey to Thomas Creevey, 5 December 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 7 December 1805 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Charles Lamb to William Hazlitt, 15 January 1806 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Robert Southey to Walter Scott, 4 February 1806 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Capt. Graham Moore to Thomas Creevey, 6 February 1806 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 15 February 1806 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Mary Lamb to Sarah Stoddart Hazlitt [14 March 1806] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth 26 June 1806 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Lord Byron to Elizabeth Bridget Pigot, 26 October 1807 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 24 November 1807 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 3 February 1809 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Robert Gooch, 30 November 1814 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to William Smith, M.P., 1817 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

John Murray to William Jerdan, [January 1825] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 11 August 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)