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LORD HIGH ADMIRAL RUSSELL'S OWN ACCOUNTS WITH THE ROYAL NAVY (ENGLAND--1692.) Settlement of the accounts of Lord Orford as Treasurer of the Navy in the War of English Succession. Manuscript, 40 1/2 feet(!) x 12 1/2 inches, on 17 conjoined vellum leaves, rolled; soiling at end of final leaf, otherwise clean and stable; small printed and embossed seals on each leaf, inked stamp on verso of first leaf. Np, 17 December 1700
Edward Russell, Earl of Orford (1653-1727) was a loyal supporter of King William. This document settles his financial accounts with the Crown for the year ending 31 March 1692, a period when he was serving as treasurer of the English Navy as well as Commander of the Fleet. In May and June of 1692, he led the fleet in a decisive pair of victories over the French at Barfleur and La Hogue. with--an engraving of Admiral Russell by Samuel Boyce, undated.
