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General Monck to the City of Edinburgh - 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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General Monck to the City of Edinburgh

My Lord and Gentlemen,

xxxii. f. 163.I have received your letter and the letters of severall other burghes, and doe finde my self obliged to returne you reall and hearty thankes for your affection to the Commonwealth and the army heere, and to that good interest for which wee are now contending, and in particular to my self, and to assure you that wee shall alwaies retaine a gratefull sence of itt, and shall bee ready uppon all occasions to protect and incourage your citty and all the other burghs. I desire you to communicate this to such other burghs as have subscribed the letters, and remayne

Your Lordshippes very humble servant,

G. M.

To the Lord Provost, Bailiffs, and Councill of Edinburgh.

The like to the same purpose to the severall Burghs.