The Creevey Papers
Capt. Graham Moore to Thomas Creevey, 6 February 1806
“Fame at the Nore, 6th Feb., 1806.
“. . . I think as you are now a staunch supporter of
the Government, there can be no great harm in my corresponding with you. I own
to you that, since
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Pitt’s death, I have been clearly
of opinion that Charles Fox was the man
whom I wished to see at the helm, and, altho’ I have long ceased to be
very sangwine in my expectation with regard to the conduct of public men, yet I
have hopes that we shall see a manly, decided line of conduct adopted by the
present Muphties. . . . We are just on the point of weighing anchor, and are
only waiting for daylight to see our way to St. Helens, where I am ordered. We
have been manned a few days—so-so—about 90 of the Victory’s form the groundwork.
They are not what you might expect from the companions of Nelson, but they will do with some whipping and
spurring. We shall be tolerable in about six months; in the meantime we must do
our best. . . .”
Charles James Fox (1749-1806)
Whig statesman and the leader of the Whig opposition in Parliament after his falling-out
with Edmund Burke.
Horatio Nelson, viscount Nelson (1758-1805)
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.
William Pitt the younger (1759-1806)
The second son of William Pitt, earl of Chatham (1708-1778); he was Tory prime minister
1783-1801.
