SP 421689-1782Secretaries of State: State Papers Naval
Papers left in the State Paper Office by Secretaries of State acting in their naval capacity.
The series includes general correspondence and letters from the Board of Admiralty or its secretary to the secretaries, in many cases forwarding papers from admirals and other naval officers; drafts of secretarial out-letters, whether addressed to the Admiralty or admirals; resolutions of councils of war held during fleet operations; lists of royal naval ships, convoys, and foreign fleets; correspondence from the Sick and Wounded Office; complaints of Spanish depredations at sea; law reports on Admiralty matters, supplied chiefly by the King's Advocates (including a report on the Palatine refugees); orders in council of naval interest; copies of naval correspondence required by Parliament to pursue inquires; and Court of Admiralty decisions regarding prizes.
The series was previously known as State Papers Domestic Naval, and before that as HO Admiralty and was formerly part of SP 34