1780,Revolutionary War, British ship, HMS Providence, Ship repairs before voyage

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1780,Revolutionary War, British ship, HMS Providence, Ship repairs before voyage:
$361.00

This item is a wonderful, original letter, dated 1780, Portsmouth, where Captain John Ritchie has written to Nathaniel Bayles regarding the need for the Royal carpenters to finish up some work on the ship, getting canvas and paying wages to the men..signed John Ritchie.Letter is 8x14, addressed outer leaf, overall very good condition.

Captain John Ritchie was the Master of the ship Providence a British ship under contract with the Navy Board to transport troops to America. The Providence was owned by English merchant Nathaniel Bayles, by the 1780s the Providence had been hired by the navy and become a Transport taking troops over to fight in the war in North America. The Providence transported Hessian and Scottish regiments as well as supplies needed in New York and the Southern Campaign.

As a side note, the National Archives has a grouping of letters from the Ship Providence showing that the Providence was also a slave ship.Title of the archive in the National Archives is as follows.....\"John Ritchie, captain of ship Providence: corresp to Nathaniel Bayles of Newcastle while sailing between New York and Jamaica, voyage accounts, crew wages lists, slave cargoes and the Providence\'s involvement in the American War of Independence 1780-1782 \".

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