Catalogue description Copy letter from Allen Warrington, late Clerk of the Hazard Sloop, listing several bad...
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Reference: | ADM 354/148/124 |
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Description: |
Copy letter from Allen Warrington, late Clerk of the Hazard Sloop, listing several bad practices he observed including provisions that were ordered to Captain Hanbury's house and then sold to Mr Llewellin, the Pilot of the Hazard, that a yacht belonging to Captain Holcombe at Milford was included in the charge for cleaning the sloop as reported by Dr. Stokes, that David Jordan never appeared on board, that James Pryor keeps a public house, that John Michael Bolas never appears and breeds game for Mr Barlow at Slebridge, that Philip Car appeared at a muster as the Captain's servant and when the informant was paid his Extra wages on leaving the sloop, the Captain gave him 2 tickets for Thomas Warrington and William Brewer, two of the fictitious names and he was to sign a certificate that he saw nothing. The ship was never at sea when he was Clerk of her from August 1752 to May 1753. Enclosure |
Date: | 1754 Feb 11 |
Held by: | National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive, not available at The National Archives |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
Access conditions: | Open Immediately |
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