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Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 02: January 1659-1660

Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703; Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron, 1783-1858 [Editor]; Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 [Editor]; Bright, Mynors, 1818-1883 [Translator]· 4 chapters· 13,638 words

[The year did not legally begin in England before the 25th March until the act for altering the style fixed the 1st of January as the first day of the year, and previous to 1752 the year extended from March 25th to the following March 24th. Thus since 1752 we have been in the...

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3. Chapter 3

so at the Harp and Ball drank our morning draft and so to Whitehall where I met with Sir Ant. Cooper and did give him some answer from my Lord and he did give us leave to keep t...

2. Chapter 2

upon a cold turkey-pie and a goose. From thence I went to my office, where we paid money to the soldiers till one o'clock, at which time we made an end, and I went home and took...

1. Chapter 1

[The year did not legally begin in England before the 25th March until the act for altering the style fixed the 1st of January as the first day of the year, and previous to 1752...

4. Chapter 4

31st. In the morning I fell to my lute till 9 o'clock. Then to my Lord's lodgings and set out a barrel of soap to be carried to Mrs. Ann. Here I met with Nick Bartlet, one that...