A letter to the Lord Fairfax, and his Councell of VVar, with divers questions to the lawyers, and ministers: proving it an undeniable equity, that the common people ought to dig, plow, plant and dwell upon the commons, without hiring them, or paying rent to any. Delivered to the Generall and the chief officers on Saturday June 9. /

A letter to the Lord Fairfax, and his Councell of VVar, with divers questions to the lawyers, and ministers: proving it an undeniable equity, that the common people ought to dig, plow, plant and dwell upon the commons, without hiring them, or paying rent to any. Delivered to the Generall and the chief officers on Saturday June 9. /

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Author / Creator:	Winstanley, Gerrard, 1609.
Imprint:	London : Printed for Giles Calvert, at the black Spread-Eagle at the west end of Pauls, 1649.
Description:	[2], 13, [1] p.
Language:	English
Series:	Thomason Tracts ; reel 86:E.560[1]
Subject:	Inclosures -- England -- Early works to 1800. Levellers -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800.
Format:	Microform E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6842285

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Other authors / contributors:	Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.
Notes:	Annotation on Thomason copy: "June 13". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. Wing (2nd ed.) W3046. Thomason E.560[1]. Available electronically as part of Early English books online. Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1977. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Thomason Tracts ; 86:E.560[1]).

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