Lot 55 , Royal Navy Interest - a collection of 24 manuscript warrants and letters, etc

Royal Navy Interest: A collection of 24 manuscript warrants and letters, and a salary abstract dating from 1601-1833; many of the warrants from dockyard commissioners to the Clerk of the Cheque regarding provisioning and allowances; others relating to the control of abuses including restrictions on the usage of timber (1692), discharge of a shipwright (1699), the destruction of game by officers when in harbour at Portsmouth (1698) and '...Notorious abuses and frauds...committed...amongst the Sawyers...' (25)
Estimate £1,000-1,500


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