BIB_ID
303932
Accession number
MA 940.36
Creator
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
Display Date
1667 Aug. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1914.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 29.9 cm
Notes
Addressed at foot of the page "Cl[erk] Cheq Chath[am] E." Edward Gregory Jr. (d. 1713) held this post from 1665-1689.
Also signed by William, 2nd viscount Brouncker, Sir John Mennes, Sir William Batten and Sir William Penn.
Docketed on verso "6 August 1667 N.O. Lee to suspend Rob Taylor Pumpmaker &c."
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.
Also signed by William, 2nd viscount Brouncker, Sir John Mennes, Sir William Batten and Sir William Penn.
Docketed on verso "6 August 1667 N.O. Lee to suspend Rob Taylor Pumpmaker &c."
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
Regarding the suspension of Robert Taylor the pump maker, noting "though wee doo thinke [it] an extraordinary act, yet for preservation of discipline wee doo thinke it requisite." Asking for a list of all supplies and stores which have been sent from Chatham to Norwich since December 1665.
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