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PRIVY COUNCIL: 1739 (15th June) Document re the establishment of press gangs, to George Dodington, Custos Rotulorum of Somerset, "His Majesty's Service doth at this time require a speedy supply of Able Seamen and Seafaring Men... to Mann His Majesty's Fleet". signed by the members of the Privy Council -John Potter (Archbishop of Canterbury), Spencer Compton (Earl of Wilmington, Britain's 2nd Prime Minister), James Hamilton (7th Earl of Abercorn), Earl FitzWalter, Viscount Torrington, Sir Charles Wager (First Lord of the Admiralty) & Arthur Onslow (Speaker of the House of Commons). Slight tear in fold.