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Victualling Office

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  • Victualling Office, have preserved the records of that time of peril, as told by his majesty.

    Royalty Restored 1883

  • Victualling Office, on the same side of the High Street, at Rochester, is an old mansion, now occupied by a Mr. Morson, an attorney, which formerly belonged to the Petts, the celebrated ship-builders.

    Men of Invention and Industry Samuel Smiles 1858

  • He held various Government posts, including that of Surveyor – General of the Victualling Office, in which he displayed great administrative ability and reforming zeal, and in 1672 he became Sec. of the Admiralty.

    A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature 1853

  • This afternoon I did go out towards Sir D. Gawden's, thinking to have bespoke a place for my coach and horses, when I have them, at the Victualling Office; but find the way so bad and long that I returned, and looked up and down for places elsewhere, in an inne, which I hope to get with more convenience than there.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

  • This afternoon I did go out towards Sir D. Gawden's, thinking to have bespoke a place for my coach and horses, when I have them, at the Victualling Office; but find the way so bad and long that I returned, and looked up and down for places elsewhere, in an inne, which I hope to get with more convenience than there.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys, November 1668 Pepys, Samuel 1668

  • It seems poor Mr. Daniel is dead of the Victualling Office, a place too good for this puppy to follow him in.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1664 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

  • This afternoon I did go out towards Sir D. Gawden's, thinking to have bespoke a place for my coach and horses, when I have them, at the Victualling Office; but find the way so bad and long that I returned, and looked up and down for places elsewhere, in an inne, which I hope to get with more convenience than there.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1668 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

  • It seems poor Mr. Daniel is dead of the Victualling Office, a place too good for this puppy to follow him in.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

  • Sir D. Gawden's, thinking to have bespoke a place for my coach and horses, when I have them, at the Victualling Office; but find the way so bad and long that I returned, and looked up and down for places elsewhere, in an inne, which I hope to get with more convenience than there.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 69: November 1668 Samuel Pepys 1668

  • It seems poor Mr. Daniel is dead of the Victualling Office, a place too good for this puppy to follow him in.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 31: October/November 1664 Samuel Pepys 1668

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