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Autograph notes in shorthand concerning the history of the English royal family from 1660 to 1688 : [England], [1688 or later].

BIB_ID
295430
Accession number
MA 3387.4
Creator
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
Display Date
[1688 or later].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund; gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1971.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 29.9 cm
Notes
Both folio sheets are endorsed by Pepys. The endorsement on p. 4 reads: "February 18, 1660 / A Copy of ye Entry in the Councell-Booke touching the Marriage of." The endorsement on p. 7 reads: "Royall Family from 1660 to 1688."
Many of the names and dates are written in longhand.
Part of a collection of manuscript notes in shorthand by Samuel Pepys and transcriptions of the notes by an amanuensis. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 3387.1-4).
The notes on p. 6 are on a separate sheet that has been pinned to the folio page.
Provenance
K. Marr Johnson, his sale (Sotheby's, Nov. 29, 1971, lot 148-9).
Summary
Notes in shorthand about the royal family. Pepys pays particular attention to the marriage of James, Duke of York [later James II] to his first wife.