Subject: Letter from Francis Lee, gunpowder maker, to the Privy Council following blocking by Duke D'Alva of powder supplied from N Africa and N Europe advocating purchase of saltpetre for store in England to assure supply for gunpowder manufacture in England as needed reducing fire risk and avoiding nuisance of digging (finding) saltpetre in England. Written during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. See reverse of letter for note on a Francis Lee reference in WASC-0014, British Explosives Industry, p.16.
Description: Letter from Francis Lee, gunpowder maker, to the Privy Council following blocking by Duke D'Alva of powder supplied from N Africa and N Europe advocating purchase of saltpetre for store in England to assure supply for gunpowder manufacture in England as needed reducing fire risk and avoiding nuisance of digging (finding) saltpetre in England. Written during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. See reverse of letter for note on a Francis Lee reference in WASC-0014, British Explosives Industry, p.16.
