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NAVAL INTEREST. Raising seamen in Aberdeen - Treasury Warrant, 1810. Manuscript document addressed to the Commissioners of His Majestys Customs in Scotland, agreeing to payment of £153, 15 shillings and two pence plus interest, calculated from March 1796. The document refers to an act passed in the 35th year of King George III (several clauses to the manning of the Navy Act were passed this year, alongside the Aberdeen Harbour Act). Folio, 4 sides, three with text, 22 x 20. Counter-signed at the conclusion by the following Lords Commissioners of the Treasury:
Snowdon Barne (1756-1812) Lawyer, MP for Dunwich.
William Eliot (1767-1845) 2nd Earl of St Germans
Berkeley Paget (1780-1842) MP for Anglesey and Milborne Port
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