A petition from His Excellency Thomas Lord Fairfax and the General Councel of officers of the Army, to the Honorable the Commons of England in Parliament assembled, concerning the draught of an agreement of the people for a secure and present peace, by them framed and prepared. Together with the said agreement presented Saturday, Jan. 20. And a declaration of his Excellency and the said General Councel, concerning the same. Tendred to the consideration of the people. By the appointment of the Generall Councel of officers of the Army. Signed, John Rushvvorth, Sec'
England and Wales.Army.Council.
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax,Baron,1612-1671.
England and Wales.Parliament.House of Commons.
London : printed for John Partridge, R. Harford, G. Calvert, and G. Whittington,
MDCXLIX. [1649]
The first leaf bears a reply by the Speaker and the order to print dated 20 Jan. 1649. = Thomason E.539[3].
Variant 1 (intermediate): title page has "By the appointment of his Excellency, and the Generall Councel of Officers of the Army. .."; pagination is [2], 24, 23-28, 28-29.
P. 26 is not signed by John Rushworth. Variant 2 (earliest): title page and pagination as in variant 1; page 26 is signed by John Rushworth. Other variations on pages 3, 6, and 29.
Annotations on Thomason copy: "Jan: 20 1648"; the "IX" in the imprint has been crossed out.
Wing (2nd ed.),
ESTC
Thomason,
Thomason,
England London.