In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

This board has been informed of a Report that several Beds which were provided for the Service of Seamen in the Fleet, being found to be stuffed with such Hair as is not fitting, have thereupon been cut in pieces by the Company of Upholsterers in London.
Direct you to make the best enquiry you can into that matter, whether any such Beds have been provided for the service of the Fleet, and if they were, by whom they were provided, and by what Order, and Report to this Board.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1799/34
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1693-09-04
Creator: Cary, Anthony; Priestman, Henry Cornwallis, Charles Lowther, John Austen, Robert
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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