SMITH, Spencer (b.1770) British Ambassador. Autograph letter signed to Lord Nelson, Constantinople 20th March 1800, hoping to be relieved of his post and asking for Nelson's help. "If you do remain in the Mediterranean I do not despair of still shaking by the hand your Lordship and Sydney, and our good old Sir William, all at once. I am doing my best to get out of this mousetrap: and certain folks your Lordship saw en passent at Palermo will not be backward in assisting me therein; nay perhaps they came here with the intention of anticipating my wishes upon this score." Two sides with integral blank, splitting at fold at top