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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LETTERS CXCVL, CXCVII. Here are Two small Letters, harmlessly reminding us of far interests and of near;?otherwise yielding no new light; but capable of being read without commentary. Eead them; and let us hasten to dissolve the poor Constitutioning Parliament, which ought not to linger on these pages, or on any page. LETTER CXCVI. To Eichard Bennet, Esq., Governor of Virginia: These. SlR, Whitehall, 12th January 1654. Whereas the differences between the Lord Baltimore and the Inhabitants of Virginia, concerning the Bounds by them respectively claimed, are depending before our Council, and yet undetermined; and whereas we are credibly informed, you have notwithstanding gone into his Plantation in Maryland, and countenanced some people there in opposing the Lord Baltimore's Officers; whereby, and with other forces from Virginia, you have much disturbed that Colony and People, to the endangering of tumults and much bloodshed there, if not timely prevented: We therefore, at the request of the Lord Baltimore, and ' of divers other Persons of Quality here, who are engaged by great adventures in his interest, do, for preventing of disturbances or tumults there, will and require you, and allothers deriving any authority from you, To forbear disturbing the Lord Baltimore, or his Officers or People in Maryland; and to permit all things to remain as they were before any disturbance or alteration made by you, or by any other upon pretence of authority from you, till the said Differences above mentioned be determined by us here, and we give farther order therein. We rest your loving friend, Oliver P. Commissioners, it would appear, went out to settle the business; got it, we have no doubt, with due difficulty settled. See Letter CCIII., ?26th September 1655, 'To the C...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217825849 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217825842 |
| Weight | 0.65 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.45 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 196 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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