In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

In your letter of 29 January, you informed us that the Surveyor of the Navy had viewed a pump which Colonel Richards had made. You having proposed to us that an experiment be made in one of the ships at Deptford, as Colonel Richards proposes, at His Majesty's charge. You are directed to have this experiment made accordingly as soon as may be.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1839/53
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1697-02-05
Creator: Russell, Edward; Cornwallis, Charles Kendall, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London