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Auction: 23025 - Historical Documents, Postal History & Autographs
Lot: 105

The Robin Gain Collection of Samuel Pepys and Pepys Related Documents
Signed "S Pepys"
1665 (25 April) document appointing William Crossboard as Boatwswain of H.M.S. "Little Unicorne" detailing wages and duties, signed "Jo: Mennes", "Will Batten", "Brouncker" and "S Pepys", given at Woolwich; some paper loss along left-hand edge where removed from folio otherwise very fine and a superb example of this signature.

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Sold for
£1,800

Starting price
£650