Apparently there were several Tom Harpers, and Pepys doesn't help us much with identification.
There was a Tom Harper who gave Pepys political news on 9 Feb. 1660, but L&M's index volume gives no citation for one on March 3, 1660. Another Tom Harper, a Deptford storekeeper, doesn't appear until 1667. -- L&M Vol. 1, index, companion volumes.
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Apparently there were several Tom Harpers, and Pepys doesn't help us much with identification.
There was a Tom Harper who gave Pepys political news on 9 Feb. 1660, but L&M's index volume gives no citation for one on March 3, 1660. Another Tom Harper, a Deptford storekeeper, doesn't appear until 1667. -- L&M Vol. 1, index, companion volumes.