Some of our maids sitting up late last night to get things ready against our feast to-day, Jane called us up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the City. 1662-63 during the first months of 1663). (There are 12 pence in a shilling, 20 shillings in a pound)īecause the old-style calendar was in use at the time the diary was written, in which the New Year began on March 25th, the year has been given a dual number in January, February and March, as has been done elsewhere in the diary, (eg. are used to designate Pounds, Shillings, and Pence. Notes: Where sums of money are referred to, £, s. Thanks to Sarah Bruce for providing these excerpts. Some university students created a 3-minute virtual tour of what London might have looked like before the Great Fire. The complete diaries are online complete or abridged or " concise." There's an online project where participants are adding annotations to the diary. Home > Resources > Book Helps > Diary of Samuel Pepys (excerpts) Diary of Samuel Pepys (excerpts)
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