Document signed by William Bridgeman, c.1646-1699, English civil servant and Secretary to the Admiralty between 1694 and 1698.

In answer to your letter of 2 August, orders were sent for the SAMUEL AND HENRY now bound for the East Country, to convoy Mr Martin's two ships freighted with Stockholm tar. Direction is also sent for the first ship sent from the Downes to the Nore to be convoyed thence to carry masts to the Straits.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1822/57
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1695-08-06
Creator: Bridgeman, William
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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