In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board
No date recorded. Petition of the poor Labourers belonging to HM Yard at Deptford in which they state that the custom of allowing them to take small chips of wood out of the yard has recently been curtailed. They point to poverty, low wages and the relief the former practice has brought them and petition for it to be restored.
Record Details
| Item reference: | ADM/A/1863/172 |
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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 |
| Creator: | Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |