BIB_ID
304159
Accession number
MA 940.81
Creator
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
Display Date
1668 May 12.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1914.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 30.7 cm
Notes
Addressed at foot of the page "To the Clerke of the Cheque of his Ma[jesty's] yard att Chatham." Edward Gregory Jr. (d. 1713) held the post of Clerk of the Cheque at Chatham from 1665-1689.
Also signed by Arthur, Earl of Anglesey, William, 2nd viscount Brouncker, and Sir John Mennes.
Docketed on verso.
Location of writing based on MA 940.79, which was also written on 12 May 1668.
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.
The fourth of four documents dated 12 May 1668.
Also signed by Arthur, Earl of Anglesey, William, 2nd viscount Brouncker, and Sir John Mennes.
Docketed on verso.
Location of writing based on MA 940.79, which was also written on 12 May 1668.
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.
The fourth of four documents dated 12 May 1668.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Quaritch, 1914.
Summary
Instructing him to prepare to man the ship Plymouth with not more than 210 seamen.
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