Lord Keith to Markham, on detained ships, sending a letter about the Cape and India accounts too long delayed, hard on individuals, Dutch ships getting into the Maas Dieppe to make a show, agents have incurred an expense of one thousand pounds for the detained ships for pilotage, light money, harbour dues, and taking kings advocate opinion.

25 April 1806, Lord Keith to Markham, on detained ships, sending a letter about the Cape and India accounts too long delayed, hard on individuals, Dutch ships getting into the Maas Dieppe to make a show, agents have incurred an expense of one thousand pounds for the detained ships for pilotage, light money, harbour dues, and taking kings advocate opinion.

Record Details

Item reference: MRK/101/3/208
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1806
Creator: Elphinstone, George Keith
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London