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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by PBS (talk | contribs) at 14:33, 20 November 2006 (→Versions). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Author

A search for Lilburne in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says he had a hand in writing the agreement but he was imprisoned from 1646-1648 and so was not as involved as he would have liked. This article says he wrote it --- this needs to be cited or adjusted so that it is in agreement with the authoritative source. It would be better to just write that the levellers submitted it to parliament. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.68.32.242 (talk • contribs) 22:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Versions

There is an additional problem there were a number of different documents which are referred to as "Agreement of the People" for example:

  • The Agreement of the People as presented to the Council of the Army October 1647. An Agreement of the People for a firm and present peace upon grounds of common right.
  • Agreement of the People, as presented to Parliament in January 1649. An Agreement of the People of England, and the places therewith incorporated, for a secure and present peace, upon grounds of common right, freedom and safety.
  • Agreement of the Free People, extended version from the imprisonment of the Leveller leaders, May 1649. AN AGREEMENT OF THE Free People of England. Tendered as a Peace-Offering to this distressed Nation.

--Philip Baird Shearer 14:28, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The version mentioned in the first paragraph is "The Agreement of the People (1648)" is that New Style or old Style year? The text which is incorportated into this document (and should be moved into wikisource) is the May 1649 version. --Philip Baird Shearer 14:33, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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