Peters letter to William Lenthall

Hugh Peters was attached to the New Model Army in Ireland, William Lenthall was Speaker of the the Rump Parliament of the Commonwealth of England. This letter, read to Parliament on 27 September 1649, covers the storming of Drogheda

Whitlocke, Bulstrode, Memorials of the English affairs from the beginning of the reign of Charles the First to the happy restoration of King Charles the Second (1653), Volume: 3, p. 110

619547Letter to William Lenthall1649Hugh Peters

Sir, the truth is, Drogheda is taken, three thousand five hundred and fifty-two of the enemy slain, and sixty-four of ours.

Colonel Castles and colonel Symonds of note.

Ashton, the governor, killed, none spared; we have also to Trym and Dundalk, and are marching to Kilkenny.

I came now from giving thanks in the great church. We have all our army well landed. I am yours,

Dublin, Sept. 15th. Hugh Peters.

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