| ID: | 26059 |
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| Entry Text: | Knight, Roger & Wilcox, Martin. Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815: War, the British Navy and the Contractor State. Westbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2010, 256 pp. Provisioning the fleet & Army overseas; Victualling Board; emphasis on contractors, i.e., merchants & brokers; little or no corruption. |