BIB_ID
303803
Accession number
MA 940.5
Creator
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
Display Date
1663 July 15.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1914.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 30 cm
Notes
A portion of the foot of the page (including part of a signature and the address) has been torn away.
Addressed at the foot of the page "To Mr. Edward Gr... / of his [Majesty's] yard..." Edward Gregory Sr. (d. 1682) held the post of Clerk of the Cheque at Chatham from 1661-1665.
Also signed by Sir William Batten, Sir George Carteret, Sir John Mennes and fourth man whose signature has been partially torn away.
Issued from the Navy Office.
Part of a large collection of letters and documents issued from the Naval Office and signed by Samuel Pepys, Sir William Penn, Sir William Batten, and others. Items have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Addressed at the foot of the page "To Mr. Edward Gr... / of his [Majesty's] yard..." Edward Gregory Sr. (d. 1682) held the post of Clerk of the Cheque at Chatham from 1661-1665.
Also signed by Sir William Batten, Sir George Carteret, Sir John Mennes and fourth man whose signature has been partially torn away.
Issued from the Navy Office.
Part of a large collection of letters and documents issued from the Naval Office and signed by Samuel Pepys, Sir William Penn, Sir William Batten, and others. Items have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Quaritch, 1914.
Summary
Concerning the breach of protocol on board seven ships at Chatham and the punishments to be meted out.
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