Evidence: | 'and so we went to boat again and then down to the bridge and there tried to find a sister of Mrs Morrices, but she was not within neither, and so we went through bridge and I carried them on board the King's pleasure-boat - all the way reading in a book of Receipts of making fine meats and sweetmeats; among others, one "To make my own sweet water" - which made us good sport.' |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | 11 Aug 1663 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | afternoon: after dinner daytime |
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Place: | city: London other location: in the King's pleasure-boat, The Mary, on the Thames between London and Greenwich |
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Reader: | Samuel Pepys |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 23 Feb 1633 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Pepys may have been reading this aloud to others in the boat, but unsure |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | [unknown - recipes] |
Genre: | Cookery |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 12019 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
Editor: | Robert Latham | |
Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
Vol: | 4 | |
Page: | 273 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 4, p. 273, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12019, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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