In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

We are sending herewith a Parcel of Protections for Lightermen and Coalheavers , and direct you to appoint some member of your Board to examine all these Men, and on not finding any Seamen as is sworn to, cause their respective Protections to be delivered to them.
In case he discovers any of them to be Seamen he is then to detain their Protection and send an account of their names to this Board.

Object Details

ID: ADM/A/1811/48
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Austen, Robert; Cornwallis, Charles Rooke, George
Date made: 1694-09-08
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 page
Parts: Navy Board, In-Letters And Orders (Manuscript)