Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: E703001-016

Ratification of Treaty of Limerick: George Clarke to Sir Theobald Butler

Author: George Clarke et al.

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John T. Gilbert

Electronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber, Janet Crawford

2. Second draft.

Extent of text: 1009 words

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(2005) (2010)

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Text ID Number: E703001-016

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Notes

This file includes 3 documents: the first is a letter by George Clarke; the second a reply to the same by the lords justices Charles Porter and Thomas Coningsby; and the third is a memorandum by Clarke relating to the same matter.

Sources

    Manuscript source
  1. British Library, Egerton, MS 2618, f. 168: George Clarke to Sir Theobald Butler.
  2. British Library, Egerton, MS 2618, f. 167: Order by the lords justices of Ireland.
  3. British Library, Egerton, MS 2618, f. 164v: Memorandum by George Clarke.
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. John T. Gilbert, George Clarke to Sir Theobald Butler in A Jacobite narrative of the war in Ireland. , Shannon, Shannon University Press (1971 (reprint of 1892)) page 314–315

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Created: by George Clarke (1691)

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Language: [EN] The text is in English.

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