A collection of the state papers of John Thurloe, Esq [electronic resource] : secretary, first, to the Council of State, and afterwards to the two Protectors, Oliver and Richard Cromwell. In seven volumes. containing Authentic Memorials of the English Affairs from the Year 1638, to the Restoration of King Charles II. Published from the Originals, formerly in the Library of John Lord Somers, Lord High Chancellor of England; and since in that of Sir Joseph Jekyll, Knt. late Master of the Rolls. Including also a considerable Number of Original Letters and Papers, communicated by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury from the Library at Lambeth, the Right Honourable the Earl of Shelburn, and other Hands. The Whole digested into an exact Order of Time. To which is prefixed, the life of Mr. Thurloe: With a Complete index to each Volume. By Thomas Birch, M. A. F. R. S. ... Containing Papers from the Year MDCXXXVIII to MDCLIII.