Guildhall Feb 9, 1659.
Your most Humble and Obedient
Servant
George Monck.
To the Right Honourable William Lenthal, Speaker to the Parliament of the Common-Wealth of England at Westminster.
POSTSCRIPT
I shall become an humble suiter to you, That You will be pleased to hasten your Qualifications, that the Writs may be sent out; I can assure you it will tend much to the Peace of the Country, and satisfie many honest Men.
Thursday Afternoon, January 9, 1659.
This Letter from General George Monck from Guild-Hall, London, of the 9th of February, 1659, was read.
Resolved, Upon the Question by the Parliament, That the Answer to this Letter be, to send General Monck the Resolve of the Parliament, That the Gates of the City of London, and the Portcullises thereof be forthwith destroyed, And that he be ordered to put the said Vote in Execution accordingly, and that M. Scot and M. Pury do go to General Monck and acquaint him with these Votes.
Tho. St. Nicholas, Clerk to the Parliament.