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Order signed : Chatham, to [Edward Gregory], 1667 June 15.

BIB_ID
303924
Accession number
MA 940.32
Creator
Pett, Peter, 1610-1672.
Display Date
1667 June 15.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1914.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 30.5 cm
Notes
Also signed by William, 2nd viscount Brouncker and Sir John Mennes.
Addressed at foot of page "To the Clerke of the Cheque of his Maj[esty's] yard att Chatham." Edward Gregory Jr. (d. 1713) held this post from 1665-1689.
With financial reckonings and docketed "Warrant to pay money to sundry Seamen, listed upon an extraordinary account" on verso.
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 payment to day labourers and giving instructions to muster the regular seamen twice a day.