Volume 46, Private Papers of George, Second Earl Spencer, Vol.I,
ed. Julian S. Corbett

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Spencer was First Lord of the Admiralty 1794-1801, virtually throughout the wars against Revolutionary France, and his correspondence with officers and politicians is of central importance to the naval history of the times. This volume runs up to the battle of St. Vincent in 1797, including the Quiberon and West Indian expeditions.