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Parliament and the new model army miscellaneous documents and letters

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Description
A collection of miscellaneous documents and letters concerning Parliament and the New Model Army. The collection includes: a Parliamentary document addressed to a committee in Bedfordshire regarding the administration of collecting men and money for the Army (HM 82611); a receipt for provisions of coats, etc., for the pressed men in Reading (HM 82612); a letter from Oliver [Leeks?] to Noble Sir (HM 82613); instructions for impressing men for the Army for Sir Thomas Fairfax; and a copy of Charles I's 1626 speech to Parliament, followed by a speech of the Lord Keeper (HM 82615).
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Production date
1645, April-August.
Call number
mssHM 82611-82615
Provenance
Purchased through Maggs Brothers from Sotheby's, June 8, 1953.
Associated people
Charles (1600-1649.)
Coventry, Thomas Coventry, (1578-1640.)
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