| Evidence: | 'in the evening, my wife and I all alone, with the boy, by water up as high as Putney almost with the tide, and back again, neither staying, going nor coming; but talking and singing, and reading a foolish copy of verses up[on] my Lord Mayors entertaining of all the Bachelors, designed in praise to my Lord Mayor.' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 11 May 1669 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London other location: in a boat on the River Thames |
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Pepys |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 23 Oct 1640 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | wife of Clerk of the Acts, Admiralty |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Samuel Pepys, her husband, and his male servant |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Robert Wild |
| Title: | Upon the rebuilding the city ... the Lord Mayor and the noble company of bachelors dining with him, May 5th, 1669 |
| Genre: | Poetry, Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 15027 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
| Editor: | Robert Latham | |
| Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 8 | |
| Page: | 552 | |
| Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
| Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 8, p. 552, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=15027, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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