Autograph letters signed from Captain Dego Cloke to Colonel Robert Bennet [manuscript], 1655-1659.

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Autograph letters signed from Captain Dego Cloke to Colonel Robert Bennet [manuscript], 1655-1659.

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Contains 6 letters discussing the perpetual problems of the Commonwealth of quartering and paying troops and of the payment of tithes; also fears of the Baptist community in the West Country about Bennet's flexibility, hopes for the new parliament, fears of the consequences if common prayer book is upheld and warnings of portentous dangers.

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