In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Orders are given for hiring Ketches or Smacks for transporting part of the four hundred men of the Duke of Bolton's Regiment from the Tower of London to ships in the Downs bound for the Leeward Islands. Reference is made to ships transporting Provisions to Captain Wright's Squadron and how the whole complement of Men are to reach the Downs together with their own Provisions.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1770/179
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1690-11-11
Creator: Herbert, Thomas; Lowther, John Priestman, Henry
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London