[ Sir Anthony Morgan, English army officer and Commonwealth politician. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Ant: Morgan') to Sir John Maynard, regarding the petition of 'Capt Ed: Lister & Joan his wife'.
1p., 8vo. Bifolium. Addressed, on reverse of second leaf, with seal in red wax, 'for Serieant Maynard | at his Chamber at ye Temple or elswhere'. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper, with outer cover somewhat discoloured. He states that, as Maynard is 'a party concernd in ye Petn of Capt Ed: Lister & Joan his wife', he is desired by the committee to 'meet them in ye Inner Court of Wards' on the following Friday, 'to ye end you may not be concluded unheard'. As his entry in the Oxford DNB explains, Morgan was a supporter of 'the Cromwellian interest' who, in the 1656-8 parliament, was for a second time elected for Kildare and Wicklow, and 'was one of the most important managers of Irish legislation in the house'. Maynard's Oxford DNB entry records that he was chosen to parliament in 1656, though he was not allowed to sit. Original FRS. Apparently a very scarce autograph.