A letter from the Lord Major, aldermen and Common-Councel of London,: to His Excellency Sir Tho: Fairfax. With another letter from His Excellency to the City, in answer to the same. Also two orders and a letter of the General and general Councel of the Army, for the discharging such soldiers the Army, as formerly served in the Kings army : and for the apprehending of others to be tryed by a Councel of War, about the late distractions in the Army. Novem. 25. 1647. Imprimatur Gilbert Mabbot.
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A letter from the Lord Major, aldermen and Common-Councel of London,: to His Excellency Sir Tho: Fairfax. With another letter from His Excellency to the City, in answer to the same. Also two orders and a letter of the General and general Councel of the Army, for the discharging such soldiers the Army, as formerly served in the Kings army : and for the apprehending of others to be tryed by a Councel of War, about the late distractions in the Army. Novem. 25. 1647. Imprimatur Gilbert Mabbot.
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City of London (England). Court of Common Council.
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London :: Printed for Laurence Chapman,
Novem. 27. 1647.
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Great Britain -- History
London (England) -- Defenses
England and Wales. -- Army -- Early works to 1800.
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"A letter from the Lord Major, aldermen and Common-Councel of London,: to His Excellency Sir Tho: Fairfax. With another letter from His Excellency to the City, in answer to the same. Also two orders and a letter of the General and general Councel of the Army, for the discharging such soldiers the Army, as formerly served in the Kings army : and for the apprehending of others to be tryed by a Councel of War, about the late distractions in the Army. Novem. 25. 1647. Imprimatur Gilbert Mabbot." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A87982.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.
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To the Right Honorable, The Lord Major, Aldermen, and Common-Councel men of the City of London, in Common-Councel assembled.
My Lord and Gentlemen,
MY last to Your Lordship from King∣ston, was not intended to charge you with the Arrears of the City, or to put the levying thereof upon any other, be∣sides those that are impowered and charged by the Parliament for that purpose; But the business of sending for their assistance some Soldiers into the City being resolved on (as the best way, and of present necessity for the timely and effectual dispatch of that Service) I thought fit by that Letter to acquaint you therewith, both as a respect to your Lord∣ship and the City, and that by you the City might the better understand the Grounds and Intentions of that Resolution (to pre∣vent any inconveniencies from misappre∣hensions thereof:) Nor did I expect that ei∣ther
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that Resolution, or the Letter (in stead of a vigorous and speedy dispatch in a busi∣ness so just and necessary) should beget any Interposals or Intercourse tending to further Delays: But since the Parliament hath thought fit to put a stop (for present) to that way of Proceeding (which here was concei∣ved most necessary and agreeable to their Orders) and to undertake some other effe∣ctual course in the business, I shall wait the hoped issue thereof, and of your promised concurrent endeavors; Which if it prove not timely answerable to their Underta∣kings, to your Professions, and the Armies and Kingdoms Expectations, I much doubt the consequences (whatever you or I can do to prevent them) will be every way sad, and that not more to the Parliament, Kingdom or Army, then to the City it self; The safety and prosperity of which, shall be always endeavored as much as lies in the power of
Windsor, 24. Nov. 1647.
Your faithful Friend and Servant, T: FAIRFAX.
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