Shelfmark
Gc.7.20(19) (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Gc.7.20(60) (copy 2)
Title
A letter sent to Mr. Speaker, from the commissioners in the county of Essex, concerning the militia. Together with a relation of diverse passages in Ireland, sent over in a letter. June 8. 1642. Ordered by the House of Commons assembled in Parliament, that these two letters bee forthwith printed and published. Henry Elsing, Cler. Parl. D. Com..
Physical description
[2], 6 p. ; 18 cm. (4to)
Note
Variant has title: Ordered .. that this letter bee ..
Note
The first letter is signed by Sir Thomas Barrington and eight other commissioners. It is the same letter which begins Wing N979A. The second is directed to Maurice Tomson and signed by John Brookhaven.
Note
Initial, head-piece.
Note
Signatures: A⁴.
Note
Title within a border of type ornaments.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R20819
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), B4971
Citation/references note
Thomason, E.150[6]
Provenance
Possibly in library in 17th century with other pamphlet volumes in numbered sequence.
Binding
17th century calf boards; blind double rule border; single gilt fillet along board edges; red stained text block edges; smooth spine rebacked in 20th-century calf with blind double fillets; modern red leather spine label "Petitions etc. 1641,2 vol. III"; binder's stamp of R. L. Day.
Copy-specific note
Copies 1 and 2 bound in same sammelband volume of Civil War pamphlets with list of volume contents on 19th/20th century Eton stationery tipped in at front.
Subject
Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649.
Subject
Essex (England) Defenses Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain Militia Early works to 1800.
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Barrington, Thomas Sir.
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Hunscot, Joseph publisher.
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England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. Proceedings. 1642-06-08.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B51276