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CHARLES II, King of England. Document signed ("Charles R"), COUNTERSIGNED BY SAMUEL PEPYS, Secretary of the Admiralty, addressed to "the Principall Officers and Com[mander]s of Our Navy," Whitehall, 18 March 1673. One page, folio, verso with traces o...

Auction 09.06.1993
09.06.1993
Schätzpreis
6.500 $ - 8.500 $
Zuschlagspreis:
10.925 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 147

CHARLES II, King of England. Document signed ("Charles R"), COUNTERSIGNED BY SAMUEL PEPYS, Secretary of the Admiralty, addressed to "the Principall Officers and Com[mander]s of Our Navy," Whitehall, 18 March 1673. One page, folio, verso with traces o...

Auction 09.06.1993
09.06.1993
Schätzpreis
6.500 $ - 8.500 $
Zuschlagspreis:
10.925 $
Beschreibung:

CHARLES II, King of England. Document signed ("Charles R"), COUNTERSIGNED BY SAMUEL PEPYS, Secretary of the Admiralty, addressed to "the Principall Officers and Com[mander]s of Our Navy," Whitehall, 18 March 1673. One page, folio, verso with traces of former mount, light browning. THE KING AND SAMUEL PEPYS HASTEN A 1673 VOYAGE TO AMERICA A most unusual document relating to a relatively early voyage to America. Samuel Pepys, the diarist, was a trusted lieutenant of the Duke of York, brother to the King for whom the territory had been named in 1664 when the Dutch had been forced to relinquish control of their prized North American colony. "Our will and pleasure is, That you doo forthwith cause Our Ship the Castle...to be fitted in all respects as to Hull, Rigging, and Sea Stores, shee being designed to accompany the Dyamond to New Yorke, In the dooing of which of all dispatch is to be used, As alsoo in what remaines to be done to the Dyamond, Our service calling for their departure without any loss of tyme. And for so doing this shallbe yr: Warrant...." At the bottom is the additional note: "recd the 19th & orders given ye same day...." The naval contest between England and the Netherlands was still raging, and that fact probably explains the urgency so clearly expressed in the present document. Spring and summer were the best seasons for the uncertain trans-atlantic voyage. The Dutch threat materialized that fall: on 9 August, in the absence of Governor Lovelace, a Dutch squadron occupied New York harbor and the county sheriff surrendered the city to Commander Anthony Colve. He occupied it until the following February when the war ended, by treaty, and New York was returned, permanently, to English rule. Documents of this early date concerning journeys to the colonies are rare.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 147
Auktion:
Datum:
09.06.1993
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
Beschreibung:

CHARLES II, King of England. Document signed ("Charles R"), COUNTERSIGNED BY SAMUEL PEPYS, Secretary of the Admiralty, addressed to "the Principall Officers and Com[mander]s of Our Navy," Whitehall, 18 March 1673. One page, folio, verso with traces of former mount, light browning. THE KING AND SAMUEL PEPYS HASTEN A 1673 VOYAGE TO AMERICA A most unusual document relating to a relatively early voyage to America. Samuel Pepys, the diarist, was a trusted lieutenant of the Duke of York, brother to the King for whom the territory had been named in 1664 when the Dutch had been forced to relinquish control of their prized North American colony. "Our will and pleasure is, That you doo forthwith cause Our Ship the Castle...to be fitted in all respects as to Hull, Rigging, and Sea Stores, shee being designed to accompany the Dyamond to New Yorke, In the dooing of which of all dispatch is to be used, As alsoo in what remaines to be done to the Dyamond, Our service calling for their departure without any loss of tyme. And for so doing this shallbe yr: Warrant...." At the bottom is the additional note: "recd the 19th & orders given ye same day...." The naval contest between England and the Netherlands was still raging, and that fact probably explains the urgency so clearly expressed in the present document. Spring and summer were the best seasons for the uncertain trans-atlantic voyage. The Dutch threat materialized that fall: on 9 August, in the absence of Governor Lovelace, a Dutch squadron occupied New York harbor and the county sheriff surrendered the city to Commander Anthony Colve. He occupied it until the following February when the war ended, by treaty, and New York was returned, permanently, to English rule. Documents of this early date concerning journeys to the colonies are rare.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 147
Auktion:
Datum:
09.06.1993
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
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