| Evidence: | "Back I went by Mr. Downing's order, and stayed there til 12 o'clock in expectation of one to come to read some writings, but he came not, so I stayed all alone reading the answer of the Dutch ambassador to our State, in which answer to the reasons of my lord's coming home which he gave for his coming, and did labour herein to contradict my Lord's arguments for his coming home." |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Jan 1660 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | afternoon | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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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: | Member of Parliament and naval administrator |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Dutch Ambassador |
| Title: | [a speech] |
| Genre: | Politics |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) |
| Record ID: | 3676 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
| Editor: | Robert Latham | |
| Title: | The Diary of Samuel Pepys | |
| Place of Publication: | Berkeley, California | |
| Date of Publication: | 1971 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 23 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Berkeley, California, 1971), p. 23, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3676, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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