BIB_ID
304185
Accession number
MA 940.92
Creator
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
Display Date
1668 June 7.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1914.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 30.2 cm
Notes
Addressed at foot of the page to "Cl[erk of the] Cheq Chath[am] E." Edward Gregory Jr. (d. 1713) held the post of Clerk of the Cheque at Chatham from 1665-1689.
Also signed by Sir John Mennes.
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 Chatham Chest was a fund set up around 1590 to pay pensions to disabled seamen.
Also signed by Sir John Mennes.
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 Chatham Chest was a fund set up around 1590 to pay pensions to disabled seamen.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Quaritch, 1914.
Summary
Giving him leave to attend the Governors of the Chest to London.
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