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• A Declaration from the Poor Oppressed People of England — A 1649 Digger declaration to the lords of manors, signed by Gerrard Winstanley and other poor oppressed people of England.
• A Declaration of the Bloudie and Unchristian Acting of William Star and John Taylor — A 1649 Digger declaration against the violent attack on four men digging at George Hill in Surrey.
• A Letter Taken at Wellingborough — An April 1650 Digger appeal for support, taken at Wellingborough and signed by Gerrard Winstanley and other Digger supporters.
• A Letter to the Lord Fairfax, and his Councell of War — A 1649 Digger declaration to Thomas Fairfax and the Council of War concerning common land, digging, and freedom from lordly power.
• A New-yeers Gift for the Parliament and Armie — Gerrard Winstanley's 1650 New Year address to Parliament and the Army on kingly power, common land, and the Digger cause.
• A Vindication of Those Whose Endeavors Is Only to Make the Earth a Common Treasury — A 1650 defense of those who sought to make the earth a common treasury, published with a short warning about unauthorized collections.
• A Watch-word to the City of London, and the Armie — A 1649 Winstanley tract addressed to London and the army, recounting the Kingston Court proceedings against the Diggers and warning that English freedom is sinking under Norman power.
• An Appeal to the House of Commons — A 1649 co-signed Digger appeal asking Parliament whether common people may quietly enjoy commons and waste lands or remain under lords of manors.
• An Appeale to All Englishmen — A 1650 Digger appeal to English tenants and laboring people, signed by Gerrard Winstanley and other Diggers at Cobham.
• An Humble Request to the Ministers of Both Universities — A 1650 Winstanley tract asking ministers and lawyers to answer the scriptural and legal case for poor people digging, planting, and building on the commons.
• Appendix - A Mite Cast into the Common Treasury — Robert Coster's 1649 Digger tract, included as related movement context for Winstanley and the Digger writings.
• Appendix - Council of State Order to Mr Pentlow — A 1650 Council of State instruction against the Northamptonshire Diggers, preserved as related context for Gerrard Winstanley and the Digger movement.
• Appendix - Declaration of the Wel-Affected in Buckinghamshire — A 1649 Buckinghamshire declaration from the middle sort of men in the Chiltern Hundreds and part of Aylesbury Hundred.
• Appendix - Light Shining in Buckinghamshire — An anonymous Buckinghamshire radical text included as related context for early Digger and Leveller religious-political material.
• Appendix - More Light Shining in Buckinghamshire — An anonymous sequel to Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, included as related context for the Digger and Leveller movement setting.
• Appendix - The Diggers Mirth — A 1650 Digger song associated with Robert Coster and included as related context for Gerrard Winstanley and the Digger movement.
• Appendix - The Diggers Song — A Digger movement song preserved in the Clarke Papers and included as related context for Gerrard Winstanley and the Digger movement.
• Appendix - Wellingborough Diggers Declaration — A 1650 Northamptonshire Digger declaration for commoning at Wellingborough, included as related context for Gerrard Winstanley and the Digger movement.
• Fire in the Bush — Gerrard Winstanley's 1650 tract on the inward battle between Michael and the Dragon, the purging spirit of Christ, common freedom, and the restoration of mankind from the curse.
• Gerrard Winstanley — Digger Writings — A public shelf of Gerrard Winstanley and Digger movement writings from the Good Works Library.
• Manuscript Letters to Fairfax and Others — Associated Digger manuscript material from the Clarke Papers, including a December 1649 letter signed by Gerrard Winstanley.
• The Breaking of the Day of God — Gerrard Winstanley's 1648 tract on the rising of the two witnesses, the nearing end of the Beast's reign, and Christ's dominion over saints and nations.
• The Law of Freedom in a Platform — Gerrard Winstanley's 1652 platform for commonwealth government, common land, storehouses, law, labor, education, and true magistracy.
• The Mysterie of God — A 1648 Winstanley theological tract on the mystery of God, the redemption of mankind, the Serpent, judgment, and the seven dispensations of divine counsel.
• The New Law of Righteousnes — Gerrard Winstanley's 1649 tract on the new law of righteousness, the restoration of creation, inward teaching, common freedom, and the silencing of hearsay religion.
• The Saints Paradice — A 1648 Winstanley tract on inward teaching, spiritual burning, and the soul's peace in the Father.
• The True Levellers Standard Advanced — The 1649 Digger manifesto opening the state of community and declaring why the common people began to dig and sow corn on George Hill.
• Truth Lifting Up Its Head Above Scandals — Gerrard Winstanley's 1649 tract answering scandals against him and setting out God, Christ, Scripture, prayer, and ordinances through the inward rule of reason.