Contains a letter from Sir Cloudesley Shovell to Wm Wright Esq, Commissioner of her Majesty's dockyard, Plymouth regarding the ship 'The Winchester' [letter dated 17 June 1703].
Also includes a manuscript copy of the financial accounts of the Conservators of the River Tone, Somerset between 1707 and 1798. The accounts cover the financial year up to 24 June and were required by an act of parliament to be presented annually before the Bishop of Bath and Wells and the Justices of the Peace.