Document signed by Josiah Burchett (c.1666-1746), Secretary to the Admiralty (1694-1742)
In answer to your letter of yesterday's date, with the enclosed to you from Captain Townsend of the IPSWICH, desiring to know what inferior Officers he is to bear on the Ship now she is reduced to eighty Men, I am commanded to signify to you that you inform him that he must bear now more inferior Officers than the Guardships sometimes did.
Record Details
| Item reference: | ADM/A/1884/211 |
|---|---|
| Catalogue Section: | Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy |
| Level: | PAGE |
| Date made: | 1701-07-25 |
| Creator: | Burchett, Josiah |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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