An Original Hand Written and Signed Letter by Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin. Undated. A handwritten and signed letter by the British naval officer Isaac Coffin. 'Dear Sir John, I have sent you the paper containing Mr Carrington's apology, which please to insert in your valuable gazette for the information of my naval friends. When I got his scurrilous attack a very temperate letter was sent him, explaining how mistaken he was in asserting that when employed eat the bread of idleness; still he kept aloof, when my solicitor Mr Eastlake told him he might expect an action for libel if he did not retract his very abusive language. Such as is the apology it is better perhaps to accept than follow it up by a lawsuit. Toujours au lit but very sincerely yours, Isaac Coffin, Admiral' Admiral of the Blue Sir Isaac Coffin, 1st Baronet, GCH 1759-1839 was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Coffin was born in Boston and served in the navy on a number of ships during the War of Independence. Coffin Bay and Greenly Island in South Australia were named in honor of Sir Isaac Coffin by the British explorer Matthew Flinders in 1802. The Coffin School on Nantucket, established with funds provided by Sir Isaac Coffin, was established in 1827. Known as the Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin Lancasterian School, this educational institution was funded by Coffin for the purpose of "promoting decency, good order and morality, and for giving a good English education to youth". The school educated Nantucketers throughout the 19th century. Size is 205mm x 125mm. Condition is good. Folding creases.