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A35092 A letter from the Right Honorable, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Honorable William Lenthall, Esq., speaker of the Parliament of England concerning the taking in and surrendring of Enistery, Carrick town and castle, Passage-fort, Bandon-bridge, Kingsale, and the fort there. Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.; Lenthall, William, 1591-1662. 1649 (1649) Wing C7101; ESTC R3521 3,762 10

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