Document signed by James Southerne, Secretary to the Admiralty, fl. 1690-1694.

I desire you send me the names of ships and their masters now going to New England to fetch over the masts upon contract with your Board. Also an account of where they now are and in what readiness for sailing, so that I may insert them in the orders to be sent to the commanders of the convoys appointed.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1808/30
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Date made: 1694-06-02
Creator: Southerne, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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