Name Horace Nelson | Role Naval officer | |
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Died October 21, 1805, Cape Trafalgar, Spain Buried January 9, 1806, St Paul's Cathedral, City of London, United Kingdom Spouse Frances Nelson (m. 1787–1805) Battles and wars Battle of Grand Turk, War of the First Coalition Similar People Emma - Lady Hamilton, Napoleon, Pierre‑Charles Villeneuve, Arthur Wellesley - 1st Duke, Cuthbert Collingwood - 1st Baron | ||
Horace Nelson (1878–1962) was a Penobscot political leader and the father of Molly Spotted Elk.
Nelson studied for a time at Dartmouth College. He served as the Penobscot Representative in the Maine Legislature from 1921 to 1922 and as the Penobscot Governor from 1939 to 1941. The rest of his life he was involved in hunting, fishing and gathering sweet-grass for his wife to make baskets from. He also was the head of the ferry to Indian Island where the Penobscot Reservation is located for a year.
Quotes
No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy
First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can
Desperate affairs require desperate remedies
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