Humanity Against Cruelty to Animals in Historical Literature, Timeline of Animal Rights History

Animal Rights History »»Samuel Pepys

1666-Aug-14 | Samuel Pepys' diary entry of Aug 14, 1666 refers to Bull-baiting as "a very rude and nasty pleasure."

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"The diary text on [the Pepys.info] website is based on the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, transcribed by The Rev. Mynors Bright MA in 1885. It is published as electronic text by Project Gutenberg. A revised and still copyright edition was published 1970-1983 by Robert Latham and William Matthews - and this remains the most detailed and accurate version of the diary" (Duncan Gray, "Samuel Pepys-A Brief Biography," http://www.pepys.info/pepbiog.html).

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