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Oliver Cromwell letter to John Cotton
1651

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Creator: Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658
Call number: MssCol 696
Physical description: .1 linear feet (1 folder)
Preferred Citation: Oliver Cromwell letter to John Cotton, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Repository: Manuscripts and Archives Division
Access to materials: Advance notice required. Request access to this collection.Restrictions apply

One letter from Oliver Cromwell to John Cotton written after the Battle of Worcester, October 2, 1651, which destroyed the last major Scottish Royalist army. Cromwell alludes to his difficulties in treating with the Scots

Administrative information

Custodial history

Purchased at auction by Henry Stevens on behalf of James Lenox in 1854.

Key terms

Names

Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658

Subjects

Worcester, Battle of, Worcester, England, 1651

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Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328

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Oliver Cromwell letter to John Cotton 1651