Note 276 — Chapter XXXVII · PEACE, SETTLEMENT, AND TRANSPLANTATION, 1652-1654
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Prendergast, p. 305; Hardiman’s Hist. of Galway, p. 137; Lady Fanshawe’s Memoirs. On January 30, 1655-6, Henry Cromwell told Thurloe that there were not six families in Galway, and that the houses decayed daily; he thought it would pay to encourage London merchants to make a settlement, even if they had the houses rent-free, Thurloe, iv. 198, 483; Rev. R. Easthorp to H. Cromwell, July 17, 1657, Lansdowne MSS., 822.