Autograph letter signed with the initials "C.R.," dated : [n.p.], to one of his daughters, [no year] Dec. 31.

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Autograph letter signed with the initials "C.R.," dated : [n.p.], to one of his daughters, [no year] Dec. 31.

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Written at two sittings, first expressing distress at hearing of her illness, and later joy at her recovery. "Dear heart, The first account I had of your illness so astounded me, that I have been as one benumbed ever since. I wrote and did not know to shame, nor when, nor what. ... how poor and tottering a creature man is, the tallest ceders tosses most in winds, but all things shall work together for good to all them that fear & love God. Dear dear you have cleared my sight & cheered my heart with the sign of your own hand writing ... I love, love, & love you, yee have my prayers due to All from All I rest Yours in my sholl Soul."

1 item (1 p.) ; (fol.)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Melhado, Frederick A.,

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Cromwell, Richard, 1626-1712

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Richard Cromwell was the Lord Protector of England and eldest surviving son of Oliver Cromwell; the recipient is addressed as "Madam" and "Dear Heart," and is probably Cromwell's wife. The recipient was formerly identified as his mother Elizabeth Cromwell, but she died in 1665. From the description of Letters to Dorothy Major Cromwell, 1691-1705. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79752884 Richard Cromwell was the Lord Protector of England and eldest surviving son of ...