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  A Petition from His Excellency Thomas Lord Fairfax and the General Councel of Officers of the Army, to the Honourable the Commons of England in Parliament assembled, concerning the draught of an agreement of the people, for a secure and present peace, by them framed and prepared together with the said agreement presented Saturday, Jan. 20, and a declaration of His Excellency and the said General Councel, concerning the same, tendred to the consideration of the people.
  Date of publication:
  1649
  

  Author(s):

  Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671. ; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. and England and Wales. Army. Council.
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  "By the appointment of the Generall Councel of Officers of the Army, signed, John Rushvvorth, Sec." Reproduction of original in Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.
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  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. / By Jerrard Winstanly, in the behalf of those who have begun to dig upon George-Hill in Surrey.
  Date of publication:
  1649
  

  Author(s):

  Winstanley, Gerrard, b. 1609. and Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.
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  Annotation on Thomason copy: "June 13". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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  By his Excellency the Lord Generall. Whereas daily complaints are made, that some disorderly souldiers under my command, contrary to the lawes of the nation, and discipline of the army, have, and still doe, commit very great outrages ...
  Date of publication:
  1649
  

  Author(s):

  Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.
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  Title from caption and first lines of text. Signed and dated at end: Given under my hand and seale at White-hall the fifth day od September 1649. Fairfax. Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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  By his Excellency the Lord General. Whereas complaints have been made, that divers souldiers most unconscionably have broken into mens gardens, orchards, and grounds ...
  Date of publication:
  1649
  

  Author(s):

  Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.
  Description:
  Signed at end: Given under my hand and Seal, the 24. of Iuly 1649. T. Fairfax. Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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  The copie of a letter, written to the General from Lieut. Col. Iohn Lilburn, M. Richard Overton, April 27. 1649. In behalf of M. Robert Lockwer, M. Geo. Ash, M. Joseph Hockley, M. Robert Osburn, M. Matthew Heyworth, M. Thomas Goodwin; all of them in Captain Savages troup: who by the said Councel were adjudged to cast lots for their lives, and one of them to dy. In which it is by law fully proved, that it is both treason and murder, for any general or Councel of War to execute any souldier in time of peace, by martial law.
  Date of publication:
  1649
  

  Author(s):

  Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657. ; Overton, Richard, fl. 1646. and Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.
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  Dated at end: From our Causeless, and unjust, and Tyrannical Captivity in the Tower of London. April 27. 1649. Signed: John Lilburn, Richard Overton. The General = Thomas Fairfax, Baron Fairfax. Imprint from Wing. Reproduction ...
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  A full narative [sic] of all the proceedings betweene His Excellency the Lord Fairfax and the mutineers, since his Excellencies advance from London, Thursday May 10. to their routing and surprizall, Munday May 14. at mid-night. VVith the particulars of that engagement, the prisoners taken, and the triall and condemning Cornet Thompson and Cornet Denn to die, who were the ringleaders in the mutiny. Also his Excellencies the Lord Generals letter to the Speaker concerning the same. Published by speciall authority to prevent false and impertinent relations.
  Date of publication:
  1649
  

  Author(s):

  Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671. and Lenthall, William, 1591-1662.
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  Annotation on Thomason copy: "May 18th". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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  A proclamation by his Excellency the Lord General.
  Date of publication:
  1649
  

  Author(s):

  Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.
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  Dated and signed at end: Given under my hand and seal in Queens-street the twelfth day of February, 1648. T. Fairfax. To be proclaimed by sound of trumpet in the Cities of London and Westminster. Hen: Whalley Advocate. ...
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  A proclamation by his Excellencie the Lord Generall, concerning free-quarter.
  Date of publication:
  1649
  

  Author(s):

  Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.
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  By virtue of counterfeit passes certain persons take free quarter. Soldiers are to take free quarters through a commission officer, who shall show his commission and give his name. Offenders to be imprisoned and tried by ...
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  A proclamation by his Excellency the Lord Generall, for the regulating of souldiers in their march to Ireland.
  Date of publication:
  1649
  

  Author(s):

  Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.
  Description:
  Signed and dated at end: T. Fairfax. 17 March 1648. Annotation on Thomason copy: "March 28 1648". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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  A proclamation by his Excellency the Lord Generall, forbidding all souldiers to forbear to put their horses into the mowing-pastures.
  Date of publication:
  1649
  

  Author(s):

  Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.
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  Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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