Gifts and Gift-giving [ Politics & Society / Furniture & Interior decoration / Social interaction ]
… such as venison, were exchanged to foster, reflect and consolidate relationships between family, friends and patrons. Samuel Pepys , who had navy contracts at his disposal, was said to have been given ‘Jars of Oyl, and Boxes of Chocolett and … P and H. and Plain Truth [1679], p. 1. The last two items seem incredible but in 1674 Pepys kept a lion, a gift from Samuel Martin, the English consul in Algiers. 7 . Diary of Samuel Pepys, ed. Henry Wheatley (London: George Bell, 1893), …
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