Recto: Barlow prepares to go to sea as apprentice to the chief master's mate on the NASEBY. Verso: Barlow travels with his new master's wife towards Chatham, where the NASEBY is lying.
Page 13 and 14 of Edward Barlow's journal.
Page 13 (recto): Barlow does not wish to be apprenticed to a waterman, and so his uncle obtains a place for him on the NASEBY through a contact in the Navy Office. He signs his indentures as apprentice to the Chief Master's Mate.
Page 14 (verso): Barlow travels to Ratcliff Cross, where his new master lives, and the following day sets out to journey to Chatham via Gravesend.
Page 13 (recto): Barlow does not wish to be apprenticed to a waterman, and so his uncle obtains a place for him on the NASEBY through a contact in the Navy Office. He signs his indentures as apprentice to the Chief Master's Mate.
Page 14 (verso): Barlow travels to Ratcliff Cross, where his new master lives, and the following day sets out to journey to Chatham via Gravesend.
Record Details
Item reference: | JOD/4/13-14 |
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Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
Level: | ITEM |
Extent: | 1 page |
Date made: | 1658-1659 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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