BIB_ID
303831
Accession number
MA 940.6
Creator
Pett, Peter, 1610-1672.
Display Date
1663 Sept. 10.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1914.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 30.1 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 p. 2 "To Mr. Edward Gregory Clerk of ye Cheque / of his Ma[jesty's] yard at Chatham." 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 and Sir John Mennes.
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 p. 2 "To Mr. Edward Gregory Clerk of ye Cheque / of his Ma[jesty's] yard at Chatham." 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 and Sir John Mennes.
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
Relaying an order from the Duke of York [later James II, King of England] concerning the manning of the ship Sovereign and the number of servants allowed to each of the crew.
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