In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

In your letter to this Board of the 30th of last month you informed us that you have agreed with Mr Snelgrove, a Shipwright in this River, for building at his Yard near Deptford one of the fourth Rate Ships appointed by Act of Parliament to be built for his Majesty, and to launch her in thirteen months, at the rate of eleven pounds per ton, and to take all his payments in course out of the Moneys appointed for that Service.
We approve of this agreement and direct you to perfect a Contract with Mr Snelgrove for building the said ship accordingly. .

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1780/9
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1691-01-01
Creator: Herbert, Thomas; Lowther, John Onslow, Richard Priestman, Henry Cary, Anthony Rich, Robert
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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