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How many manuscript volumes make up Samuel Pepysâs original diary?
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Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys, oil painting by John Hayls, 1666; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Samuel Pepysâs original diary, which is housed in the Pepys Library, consists of six quarto volumes.1