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| I numbered the syllables of my translation by the threads of the canvas I wrought in. |
| —Dedication to Lucretius |
Lucy
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| Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson |
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| By His Widow Lucy Hutchinson |
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| Edited from the Original Manuscript by the Rev. Julius Hutchinson |
| To Which Are Added the Letters of Colonel Hutchinson and Other Papers; Revised with Additional Notes by C. H. Firth |
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| The eyewitness biography of the rise and fall of a Puritan combatant during the English Civil War. |
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| CONTENTS |
| Bibliographic Record Introduction |
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LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, 1906
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2012 |
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| | Life of Mrs. Hutchinson |
| | Mrs. Hutchinson to Her Children |
| | Inscription on the Monument of Col. Hutchinson |
| | Verses Written by Mrs. Hutchinson |
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| Memoirs of Colonel Hutchinson |
| | [1616], [1619], [1619–36], [1636–38], [1639–41], [1603–25], [1625–40], [1640–41], [1642], [1643], [1644], [1645], [1646], [1647], [1648], [1649], [1650], [1651–58], [1659], [1660], [1661–62], [1663], [1664] |
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| Appendices |
| I. | Extracts from the Preface of the Rev. Julius Hutchinson to the First Edition of the Memoirs |
| II. | A Letter from John Hutchinson to His Father Sir Thomass |
| III. | A True Relation of Some Remarkable Passages Concerning the Nottinghamshire Petition, etc. |
| IV. | Copy of a Letter from a Gentleman near Nottingham to His Friend in London |
| V. | The Attempt to Obtain Possession of the Powder in the Magazine of the County of Nottinghamshire |
| VI. | Sir John Gell |
| VII. | Six Letters Relating to the Proposed Treaty of Neutrality for Notts, December 1642 |
| VIII. | Letter to Lord Fairfax Instructing Him to Guard Nottingham |
| IX. | The Rendezvous at Nottingham, May and June, 1643 |
| X. | The Earl of Newcastle’s Letter to the Committee of Nottingham |
| XI. | Colonel Hutchinson’s Quarrel with Sir Roger Cooper |
| XII. | For Our Honoured Friend Gilbert Millington, Esq. |
| XIII. | Quarrel between the Committees of Derby and Nottingham |
| XIV. | A Discovery of the Treacherous Attempts of the Cavaliers to Have Procured the Betraying of Nottingham Castle |
| XV. | Town Meeting at Nottingham to Decide the Question of Fortifying the Town |
| XVI. | Letter to Mr. Millington January 3, 1644 |
| XVII. | Account of a Skirmish in January 1644 |
| XVIII. | Two Letters Describing the Attack Made on Nottingham, January 16, 1644 |
| XIX. | The Earl of Clare Prepares to Make His Peace with the Parliament |
| XX. | Capture of King’s Mills |
| XXI. | Attempt to Surprise Nottingham, February 17, 1644 |
| XXII. | Colonel Hutchinson’s Answer to the Summons to Surrender Nottingham, March 25, 1644 |
| XXIII. | The Quarrel between Colonel Hutchinson and the Committee of Nottingham |
| XXIV. | Colonel Hutchinson’s Orders to the Garrison of Nottingham |
| XXV. | On the Treatment of Prisoners, etc. |
| XXVI. | Two Letters from Colonel Hutchinson to Lord Fairfax in May, 1645 |
| XXVII. | Two Letters Relating to Skirmishes near Nottingham, in the Autumn of 1645 |
| XXVIII. | The Capture of Shelford and Other Garrisons |
| XXIX. | Plot to Betray Nottingham Castle |
| XXX. | The Fight in Willoughby Field, July 5, 1648 |
| XXXI. | The Capture of Sir Marmaduke Langdale |
| XXXII. | Colonel Hutchinson to the Speaker |
| XXXIII. | Letter from the Mayor and Town of Nottingham to the Speaker |
| XXXIV. | Petition of Colonel Hutchinson to the House of Commons, June 1660 |
| XXXV. | July 23, 1660.—Petition of Colonel John Hutchinson |
| XXXVI. | Letter of Mrs. Hutchinson on the Sale of Owthorpe, 1671 |
| XXXVII. | Dedication to Mrs. Hutchinson’s Translation of Lucretius |
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