Lot 20
Royal Navy.- Shovell (Sir Cloudesley) Letter signed to Captain John Baker Commander of HMS Monmouth, 1703, an order to pay the ship's company.
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Royal Navy.- Shovell (Sir Cloudesley, naval officer, drowned in the ship Association off the Scilly Isles, bap. 1650, d. 1707) Letter signed to Captain John Baker Commander of HMS Monmouth, 1p. with conjugate blank, sm. 4to, 5th August 1703, an order "you are to make a Perfect List of your whole Shipps Company Including Marines... & Transmited To the Agent Victualer in The fleet Who will Pay your Men what is due To them On the Sine of Short allowance...", folds, browned.
Description
Royal Navy.- Shovell (Sir Cloudesley, naval officer, drowned in the ship Association off the Scilly Isles, bap. 1650, d. 1707) Letter signed to Captain John Baker Commander of HMS Monmouth, 1p. with conjugate blank, sm. 4to, 5th August 1703, an order "you are to make a Perfect List of your whole Shipps Company Including Marines... & Transmited To the Agent Victualer in The fleet Who will Pay your Men what is due To them On the Sine of Short allowance...", folds, browned.