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Excerpt from A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library, Vol. 3: At Magdalene College, Cambridge
IN the present volume the official correspondence of the secretary to the admiralty during Samuel Pepys''s tenure of the o?ice is continued from I January, 1674 - 5, to 7 May, 1677, the letters calendared being those contained in vols. Iv. And v. Of the series in the Pepysian Library entitled 5. P3: The importance of the Pepysian papers as a whole has been discussed already in the General Introduction,1 and the general Character of the Admiralty Letters has been described in the Introduction to the preceding volume.2 The arrangement there adopted for indicating points of interest has been adhered to, and the Introduction to the present volume is divided into sections as follows: (1) Administration; (2) Finance; (3) Men; (4) Pay; (5) Victuals; (6) Discipline (7) Ships; (8) Guns; (9) Miscellaneous.
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IN the present volume the official correspondence of the secretary to the admiralty during Samuel Pepys''s tenure of the o?ice is continued from I January, 1674 - 5, to 7 May, 1677, the letters calendared being those contained in vols. Iv. And v. Of the series in the Pepysian Library entitled 5. P3: The importance of the Pepysian papers as a whole has been discussed already in the General Introduction,1 and the general Character of the Admiralty Letters has been described in the Introduction to the preceding volume.2 The arrangement there adopted for indicating points of interest has been adhered to, and the Introduction to the present volume is divided into sections as follows: (1) Administration; (2) Finance; (3) Men; (4) Pay; (5) Victuals; (6) Discipline (7) Ships; (8) Guns; (9) Miscellaneous.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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