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Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.258.01 Author/Creator: Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: January 7, 1673 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 30.1 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

Replies to a letter from an unknown Lord and other gentlemen. He states "I will by the first opportunity informe his Majty of what you write concerning the Soldiers, both in the Downs and at Harwick, and shall speedily send you his Resolution thereupon." He writes that George I, King of Great Britain, intends "the Augustine shall goe out with Sr John Narbrough, and to that purpose I have sent you his Majty Orders for Victualling her in which I advise you will cause all possible dispatch to be used... " Discusses the refitting of two other ships. Written at Darby House.

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703
George I, King of Great Britain, 1660-1727
Narbrough, John, 1640-1688

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