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Topic: The English Revolution

The Speaker to General Monck - 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 Speaker to General Monck

Honorable Sir,

xxxii. f. 204It haveing pleased God to order the affaires of these parts soe that the Parliament with freedome sat againe in theire Howse yesterday in the afternoone, they have commanded mee this day to give an account thereof to you, and to acknowledge with thankefullnes your greate faithfullnesse and courage, which under God hath been the first and principall meanes of this theire Restauracion. They have likewise sent expresses with orders to the severall regiments of horse and foote in the Northerne Countyes to returne to theire former respective quarters, according to such directions as they shall receive from Commissioners of Parliament authorized for that purpose, which directions are alsoe sent unto them. I have noe more at present, but to assure you that

I am
Your most assured loving friend,

Wm. Lenthall, Speaker.