Author:
Admiral John Bourmaster (1736-1807); Captain John Bastard (1787-1835), Member of Parliament for Dartmouth [Captain George Anthony Tonyn; Admiral Charles William Paterson; Royal Navy; the Admiralty]
Publication details:
Both dated 2 November 1770.
Both certificates landscape 8vo, 1 p. Each on paper, backed with contemporary cloth. The two texts are in the same secretarial hand, variously signed by Bourmaster and Bastard (both lieutenants at the time). Clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. Both documents with Paterson's name given as 'Patterson'. The first certifcate concerns Paterson's service on the St Antonio (Captain George Anthony Tonyn) as Able Seaman, from 28 November to 2 December 1767, and from 3 December to 31 October 1768. It is signed 'Jo Bastard s Lt'.
