In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

We send you enclosed a Copy of the letter from Captain Allen, Commander of the BONAVENTURE, concerning his Purser being furnished with Credit for thirty six tons of Beer and five thousand weights of Bread, and we direct you to give the necessary Orders that the Ship be supplied with as much of the Provisions ordered for her, in specie, as she can conveniently stow.
Now in the Thames is the SPEEDWELL's Smack, a Tender on the BONAVENTURE. We direct you to cause her to be discharged from the service, and that the nine Men belonging to her be allowed Conduct Money to carry them by land to the aforesaid Ship now in [Albany Bay].

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1831/51
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1696-06-08
Creator: Russell, Edward; Rich, Robert Kendall, James
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London