In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

In pursuance of an order of their Majesties Privy Council of 26 February, you are directed to have shipped on board some merchant ships 6 months victuals for their Majesties ships now in the West Indies. The same is to be sent to the Leeward Islands and consigned to the Commander-in-Chief of their Majesties ships in the West Indies. You are also to have sent such quantities of Boatswains and Carpenters stores as you shall judge fitting for recruits to the ships.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1773/25
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1691-03-02
Creator: Herbert, Thomas; Priestman, Henry Austen, Robert Cary, Anthony
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London