Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694
This is in answer to yours of yesterday concerning the seven Ships that are dispatched from the Docks at Chatham. I am to inform you that one of them, the EXPEDITION, has been some days at Blackstakes, and Orders are sent to the Commanders of the others to get them down there at the first opportunity, and the like Orders will be sent for the rest of the Ships there as they shall be dispatched from the Yards.
Record Details
| Item reference: | ADM/A/1802/89 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy |
| Level: | PAGE |
| Extent: | 1 page |
| Date made: | 1693-12-09 |
| Creator: | Southerne, James |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |