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A82330 The demands and desires of His Excellency the Lord General Fairfax, and his Generall Councell of Officers. To the Right Honorable the Lord Major, and court of aldermen, and their resolution touching all other officers and citizens, who shall oppose or neglect the said demands and desires. With His Excellencies message and proposals to the Lord Major, shewing the grounds and reasons of the armies entring the said city, and upon what terms and conditions he will remand them back again. Likewise, the impeachment, demands, and proposals of the Army, concerning Major Generall Brown. By the appointment of His Excellency the Lord Fairfax Lord Generall, and his Generall Councell of Officers, signed, John Rushworth, Secr. England and Wales. Army. Council.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671. 1648 (1648) Wing D972; Thomason E475_36; ESTC R205457 3,178 8

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