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Excerpt from Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F. R. S., Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. And James II, Vol. 1 of 4: The Diary Deciphered by the Rev. J. Smith, A. M., From the Original Shorthand Ms. In the Pepysian Library; With a Life and Notes
This ms. Belonged, in 1693, to Thomas Grey, second Earl Of Stamford. It has his autograph at the commencement, and on the sides are his arms (four quarterings) in gold. In 1819, it was sold by auction in London, as part Of the collection of Thomas Lloyd, Esq. (no. And was then bought by Thomas Thorpe, bookseller. Whilst Mr. Lloyd was the possessor, the ms. Was lent to Dr. Lingard, whose note Of thanks to Mr. Lloyd is preserved in the volume. From Thorpe it appears to have passed to Mr. Heber, at the sale Of whose mss. In Feb. 1636, by Mr. Evans Of Pall-mall, it was purchased by the British Museum for BL 83.
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