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Thomas Corbett. Contracted with William Wilson to find vessels to be taken up for...

Catalogue reference: ADM 354/124/148

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This record is about the Thomas Corbett. Contracted with William Wilson to find vessels to be taken up for... dating from 1744 Feb 2.

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Reference
ADM 354/124/148
Date
1744 Feb 2
Description

Thomas Corbett. Contracted with William Wilson to find vessels to be taken up for transports to carry 500 men and horses from Gravesend to Flanders. It is inconvenient for the Deptford Officers to leave their duty to attend surveys and measurement of transports and the workmen working without checks are developing idle habits. Have, therefore, appointed two persons to measure, survey and report on all ships taken up as transports. One is a seaman and Elder Brother of Trinity House, and the other a merchant shipbuilder. Encloses a letter from Mr Conway, Agent for Transports, who thinks he is to be superceded when we were thinking of employing him in the present embarkation

Held by
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library, Manuscripts Section
Former department reference
ADM B 124
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/C9181990/

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Thomas Corbett. Contracted with William Wilson to find vessels to be taken up for...