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TitleLetter to the Admiralty and Navy dated 1657 and signed by Oliver Cromwell, with a 19th century explanatory text and two small engravings of Cromwell portraits.
DescriptionThe letter, which is signed "Oliver P" reads, "Our will and pleasure is, That you doe forthw[i]th issue yo[u]r Warr[an]t to ye Offic[e]rs of the Ordinance authorizeing them to deliv[er] unto Sr John Reiynolds knt. or whom he shall appoynt Twelve barrells of powder w[i]th Match proportonable for the use of the Forces under his Command and for soe doeing this shalbe yo[u]r Warr[an]t Given at Whitehall this 27th Aprill 1657. To ye Com[mande]rs of our Adm[iral]ty and Navy"

The 19th century explanatory handwritten text reads, "The annexed M.S. an Official Ordnance Warrant bears the Autograph Signature of Oliver Cromwell - Oliver P - Oliver Protector, he at whose name "the World grew pale", whose greatness and character the Writers and Historians of Britain are beginning to appreciate. His political Governance of England was energetic and decisive, he paid all money claims on the Treasury with extreme exactness, and the public revenues were by Cromwell more strictly and economically managed than they have ever been since. The honor of England was never better maintained than by him, her Commerce flourished under his care.
Cromwell lived free from Parade, and is acknowledged by his worst enemies to have been a model of Industry, Sobrietry, and exactness. His faults and failings have found no lack of painters". The author is unidentified
Date1657-19th century
CreatorNameCromwell Field family
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives

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CodePersonNameDates
P/0001Cromwell; Oliver (1599-1658); Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (1653-1658)1599-1658
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