Lord Keith to Markham, got your note, feeling better but not yet well, excise vessel Royal George sent to the Nore for Leith, not to delay as she is a remarkable fine vessel much wanted off the coast, writing to the Treasury, want of clerks ashore, ‘I have 5 clerks often writing till 9 at night’, Patton pays for his lodging, cost of clerks, complaint from Lieut Morris

23 April 1804, Lord Keith to Markham, got your note, feeling better but not yet well, excise vessel Royal George sent to the Nore for Leith, not to delay as she is a remarkable fine vessel much wanted off the coast, writing to the Treasury, want of clerks ashore, ‘I have 5 clerks often writing till 9 at night’, Patton pays for his lodging, cost of clerks, complaint from Lieut Morris

Record Details

Item reference: MRK/101/3/186
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1804
Creator: Elphinstone, George Keith
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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