(A copy.) After our hearty commendations. Whereas his Majesty's service doth at this time require a speedy supply of seamen ... We do therefore, ... hereby pray and enjoin you to cause all straggling seamen ... to be taken up ...
Great Britain.Royal Navy.
[London,
1782]
Addressed: To our loving friends the Justices of the Peace of the County of Lancaster.
An order for impressment, signed: Camden, P., Manchester, Dorset, Gower, Edm. Burke, C. J. Fox; and dated: the Council Chamber at St. James's, the 21st day of June, 1782.
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