Notes: | With decorative border. The disavowed rudeness of some soldiers, in denying Lord Lauderdail access to the King, and detaining Mr. Chiefly at Newcastle, ought not to be made a national matter. Orders have been sent to give Mr. Chiefly a free passage. The House orders that this letter be communicated to the Commissioners for Scotland, and assure them of the House's good will -- Cf. Steele. Fairfax's letter dated: 20 August 1647. Order to print and distribute dated: Die Sabbathi, 21 Augusti, 1647. Signed: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. Wing (2nd ed.) F176. Thomason 669.f.11[67]. Steele, I, 2726. Available electronically as part of Early English books online. Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1980. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669.f.11[67]).
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