A series of 23 letters to John Russell from 1744 to 1746.

Letters to John Russell including 10 letters from his son mostly asking for bills to be paid, amount spent on wine and the reason why he wants to come home; a letter from Duke of Mensager slightly burnt; a letter from William Wilde about Mr Russell’s ill health; The act of purchasing naval stores had passed both the House of commons and the House of Lords on 15 August 1746, Thomas Cleland; a letter from Mr Dennis about the Rum Mr Russell ordered.

Record Details

Item reference: RSL/5; MS1983/135
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1744-01-01-1746-12-31; 1744-1746 1749-01-01-1749-12-31
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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