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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Sabbathi; 20, Januarii. 1649.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
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<P>LIeutenant General <HI>Hammond,</HI> Colonel <HI>Okey,</HI> and other Of|ficers of the Army, this day pre&s;ented a <HI>Petition</HI> to the Hou&s;e, with a Draught of <HI>The Agreement of the People:</HI> The Petitioners being called in, Mr <HI>Speaker,</HI> by Command of the Hou&s;e, gave them this An&s;wer.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>GENTLEMEN,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>YOu the Officers of the Army, &s;ent by the Lord General, and the Officers of the Army, unto this Hou&s;e with this <HI>Petiti|on:</HI> The Hou&s;e hath read your <HI>Petition;</HI> and for the <HI>Agreement,</HI> pre&s;ented therewith, the Hou&s;e hath commanded me to tell you, They have re&s;olved to take the &s;ame into their Con&s;ideration, with what po&s;&s;ible &s;peed the nece&s;&s;ity of the pre&s;ent weighty and urgent affairs will permit. They have commanded me like|wi&s;e to tell you, they finde the&s;e good Affections and &s;erious Re|pre&s;entations made in your <HI>Petition,</HI> that they have Ordered it to be printed. I am likewi&s;e commanded to tell you, That this Hou&s;e doth take notice of your faithful and great Services to the Kingdom, in &s;tanding in the Gap for their Pre&s;ervation; and com|manded me to give hearty Thanks to the Lord General, and the Officers of the Army, for the&s;e good Services, and the good Af|fections you have herein expre&s;&s;ed; And I do, in their name, give the hearty Thanks of this Hou&s;e to the Lord General, and to you, and the re&s;t of the Officers of the Army, for their good Af|fections, great Services, and cordial Expre&s;&s;ions.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen; Scobel,</SIGNED>
<HI>Cler. Parl. Dom. Com.</HI></CLOSER>
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