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Commissioner Le Cras to the Admiralty. On being appointed Commissioner of the Navy...

Catalogue reference: ADM 354/196/154

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This record is about the Commissioner Le Cras to the Admiralty. On being appointed Commissioner of the Navy... dating from 1778 Apr 27.

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Reference
ADM 354/196/154
Date
1778 Apr 27
Description

Commissioner Le Cras to the Admiralty. On being appointed Commissioner of the Navy to reside in America, he procured 2 Clerks to assist in carrying on the business of his office in the same manner as other Commissioners serving abroad and gave their names to be entered in the proper office here. The first went to New York in the Leviathan storeship with his baggage and the second remained on board the Europe until the Artificers for America were discharged from the ship, when he was ordered to attend at this office. Ask for them to be paid their salaries from the time of entering their names in this office and continued whilst assisting the Board's business. Has ordered the 1st Clerk to return to England at the first opportunity and ask for the same allowance for lodgings as usual for Extra Commissioners of the Navy from the time he was ordered to sit on the Board.

Held by
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library, Manuscripts Section
Former department reference
ADM B/196
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Access conditions
Open Immediately
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10610021/

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Commissioner Le Cras to the Admiralty. On being appointed Commissioner of the Navy...