In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Extract of a letter from Sir Edward George Commissioner at Chatham in which he welcomes the proposal for sending Marines to work in the dockyard and suggests tasks with which they could assist. He assumes they will not be permanent and raises the issue of their receiving pay, as well as referring to it helping with problems caused by deserting seamen. He concludes by saying that upwards of 300 men would be a useful number.

Object Details

ID: ADM/A/1776/274
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Date made: 1691-09-26
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 page
Parts: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders (Manuscript)