BIB_ID
304054
Accession number
MA 940.48
Creator
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
Display Date
1667 Feb. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1914.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 29.3 cm
Notes
Addressed at foot of p. 2 "Cl[erk of the] Cheq Chath[am] Officers Chath[am] E." Edward Gregory Jr. (d. 1713) the post Clerk of the Cheque at Chatham from 1665-1689.
Also signed by Sir John Mennes and Col. Thomas Middleton.
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 Sir John Mennes and Col. Thomas Middleton.
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
Informing him that he is not required to justify his actions to the Officers of the Ordnance, that he may "lett them know that upon your application to us in the matter you are authorized to discharge the person you mention," and further discussing dispute resolution. Thanking him for sending an account; approving his decision to suspend two shipments.
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