Samuel Pepys' Diary

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'Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man. The detailed private diary Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 was first published in the 19th century, and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events such as the Great Plague, the Second Anglo-Dutch War and the Great Fire of London.'

My last Wednesday at Plumstead is over! For those of you who have been following along, Wednesdays have been a bit rough for me over the last few months so it was with great relief and happiness I heard the final bell go today. Two more days of school and it's holiday time!!