Letter, 1664 April 23, [London] to our trusty and well beloved the governor of our Colony of the Massachusetts in New England, to be communicated to our council there / Charles R. ; by his majesty's command, Henry Bennet.

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Letter, 1664 April 23, [London] to our trusty and well beloved the governor of our Colony of the Massachusetts in New England, to be communicated to our council there / Charles R. ; by his majesty's command, Henry Bennet.

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Charles announces that he will be sending commissioners to the colony and that he expects them to be well received, that he respects the charter, and indeed, favors strengthening it and that a true report of conditions in the colony can only be given by his commissioners. Also mentioned is the fact that the Dutch have laid claim to land within the plantations.

[4] p. ; 30 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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