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NOTE1850

INEDITED LETTER OF THE DUKE OF MONMOUTH

By C.

Several notices of the Duke of Monmouth having appeared in "NOTES AND QUERIES," you may be glad to have the following letter, which I copied *literatim* some years ago in the State Paper Office from the domestic papers of the year 1672. The letter was written to Lord Arlington, then Secretary of State. Monmouth was at the time commanding the English force serving under Louis XIV. against the Dutch, and was in his twenty-third year. Mr. Ross had been his tutor; and was at this time, I believe, employed in the Secretary of State's office. "ffrom the Camp nigh "Renalle the 29 Jun "Mr Ross has tol…

Topics: Royal History, Military History, 17th Century Correspondence

Locations: Renalle