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Samuel Pepys and Thomas Harrison black plaque
Samuel Pepys · Diarist
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“I went to see Major General Harrison Hung Drawn and Quartered. He was looking as cheerful as any man could in that condition. Samuel Pepys 13th October 1660”
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1633-1703
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Great Tower Street
EC3R
Fuller's Brewery
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Samuel Pepys
diarist, Secretary of the Admiralty, President of the Royal Society, son of John Pepys, Member of Parliament, and Member of Parliament · (1633-1703)
Thomas Harrison
regicide · (1616-1660)
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