BIB_ID
304164
Accession number
MA 940.85
Creator
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
Display Date
1668 May 16.
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Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1914.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 30.8 cm
Notes
Addressed at foot of the page "To Mr. Edw[ard] Gregory Clerk of ye Cheq of his Ma[jesty's] yard at 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, 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.
The first of two documents dated 16 May 1668.
Also signed by Arthur, Earl of Anglesey, William, 2nd viscount Brouncker, 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.
The first of two documents dated 16 May 1668.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Quaritch, 1914.
Summary
Concerning the recent reassignment of commanders to different ships, and instructing Gregory to allow the seamen to transfer to the new ships with their commanders.
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