Draft letter from Samuel Lowe to William Marsden, Secretary of the Admiralty. Encloses bill for carriage of books sent; requests they be returned as soon as they have served their purpose.
Marsden to Lowe: Admiralty, 8 March 1806. Promises immediate return of books. Before Lord Barham's going out of office [10 February] he had requested and been promised they be forthwith returned. Has repeated his request.
John Deas Thomson, late Secretary to the Board of Revision [private secretary to Barham as First Lord] to Samuel Lowe: Navy Office, 11 March 1806 (copy). Has received Lowe's letter to Marsden on subject of £1 3s. packing charge for books. Encloses cheque. Books will be immediately packed up and sent by the Cambridge waggon.
Draft letter from Lowe written on reverse. In January 1805 books were sent at the request of the Commissioners. Has had letters from Marsden and Thomson promising return, but no tidings since.
William Marsden to Samuel Lowe: Admiralty, 1 November 1806. Promises immediate attention. PL volumes listed: 1490, 1534, 1788, 2165, 2242, 2866, 2869-80.