Copy of Colonel Rich's dispatch concerning an attack on Deal Castle, Kent

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Manuscript item bound in a volume of printed pamphlets.

This dispatch includes lists of those taken prisoner, those killed and those wounded. It was sent to the Speaker on the night of August 14th 1648. First line of text reads: 'Deale August ye 14th 1648'. Text ends: 'This is a true copy taken out of Colonel Rich his list sent to ye Speaker this night'. Written at foot of page is the note: 'This I found among John Bowdler's papers'.

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