Document signed by Josiah Burchett (c.1666-1746), Secretary to the Admiralty (1694-1742)

Their Lordships have your letter of 27 January about sending one of your Board to Portsmouth to manage affairs in the absence of Commissioner Greenhill. You are asked to consider this matter give your opinion, whether one of your Board should go to look after the yard there.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1862/21
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1699-02-04
Creator: Burchett, Josiah
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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