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Order signed : London, to the respective officers of his Majesty's yard at Chatham [including Edward Gregory], 1668 May 14.

BIB_ID
304163
Accession number
MA 940.84
Creator
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
Display Date
1668 May 14.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1914.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 30.9 cm
Notes
Addressed at foot of the page "To the respective officers of his Ma[jesty's] yard at Chatham."
Also signed by Arthur, Earl of Anglesey, William, 2nd viscount Brouncker, Sir John Mennes, Sir William Penn and Col. Thomas Middleton.
Edward Gregory Jr. (d. 1713) held the post of Clerk of the Cheque at Chatham from 1665-1689.
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.
The second of two documents dated Navy Office, 14 may 1668.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Quaritch, 1914.
Summary
Concerning an agreement with Henry Nicolls to clear the River Medway.