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Order signed : London, to [Edward Gregory], 1668 May 21.

BIB_ID
304168
Accession number
MA 940.88
Creator
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
Display Date
1668 May 21.
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 ye Clerk of ye Cheq & Stores at his Ma[jesty's] yard Chatham." Edward Gregory Jr. (d. 1713) held the post of Clerk of the Cheque at Chatham from 1665-1689.
Also signed by Sir John Mennes and Col. Thomas Middleton.
Docketed on verso.
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 orders dated 21 May 1668.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Quaritch, 1914.
Summary
Instructing him to release stores and provisions as needed to outfit the ships St. George and Dreadnought.