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The Committee of Safety to General Monck 1 - Sir William Clarke, The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, vol. 4 [1901]

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The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, Secretary to the Council of the Army, 1647-1649, and to General Monck and the Commanders of the Army in Scotland, 1651-1660, ed. C.H. Firth (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901). 4 vols.

Part of: The Clarke Papers. Selections from the Papers of William Clarke, 4 vols.

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The Committee of Safety to General Monck1

My Lord,

xxxi. f. 100.Wee being appointed a Committee for Safety by aucthority of Parliament,2 have thought fitt to signifie the same to you, and to send you the inclosed Declaration, wherby you will perceive the Parliament’s intentions to apply themselves to the discharge of their trust for the settlement of these nations, and although wee doe nott doubt of your care and vigilance in the management of affaires there, soe as may bee for the peace, security, and advantage of the Commonwealth, yett wee held itt our duty to the Parliament to recommend the same unto you, who may bee well assured as of our care for the supply of the affaires there under your command, soe of all due respecte unto your self, remayning

Your very loving freinds,

Charles Fleetwood.

Lambert.

H. Vane.

Jo: Jones.

Richard Salwey.

For the right Honorable
the Lord Generall Monck.

[1 ]Also in Clarke MSS. li. 676.

[2 ]The Committee of Safety was appointed May 7, 1659.