Admiralty
2nd September 1837
Sir
Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter <1> of the 2nd Inst I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you that Capn Superintendt Sir John Louis <2> has been directed to supply Mr Mower, <3> Upholsterer, with a piece of old English Oak taken from one of Her Majesty’s Ships, for the purpose of making a Coffin for the late Rear Admiral Charles Feilding, <4> – upon application for the same at Woolwich Yard.
I am Sir Your very humble Servant
Jn Barrow
31 Sackville Street
Notes:
1. Letter not located.
2. Probably Sir John Louis, 2nd Baronet (d. 1863).
3. William Mower, upholsterer & coffin maker, London.
4. Rear Admiral Charles Feilding (1780–1837), Royal Navy; WHFT’s step-father.