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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