In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

Your letter of yesterday advised us that in pursuance of our order you treated with the owners and masters of some merchant ships thought proper to serve their Majesties as men-of-war. They refuse to let their ships for that purpose unless the Masters of the ships may command them. You are directed to hire the ships with the condition that the Masters command them, if you cannot procure them otherwise.

Object Details

ID: ADM/A/1767/119
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Herbert, Thomas; Lowther, John Chicheley, John
Date made: 1690-04-29
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 page
Parts: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders (Manuscript)