Minor Notes.
_Lord Nelson's Dress and Sword at Trafalgar._--Perhaps you may think it
worth while to preserve a note written by the late Rev. Dr. Scott on the
498th page of the second volume of Harrison's _Life of Lord Nelson_, in
contradiction of a bombastic description therein given of the admiral's
dress and appearance at the battle of Trafalgar.
"This is wrong, he wore the same coat he did the day before; nor
was there the smallest alteration in his dress whatsoever from
other days. In this action he had not his sword with him on deck,
which in other actions he had always carried.--_A. J. Scott._"
Dr. Scott was the chaplain and friend in whose arms Lord Nelson died.
When the late Sir N. Harris Nicolas was engaged in a controversy in _The
Times_, respecting the sale of Lord Nelson's sword, I sent him a copy of
the above note, and told him I had heard Dr. Scott say that "the sword
was left hanging in the admiral's cabin." It was not found necessary to
make use of this testimony, as the dispute had subsided.