Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 27962. In a despatch dated January 14, Salvetti refers to the Jewish question, but makes no mention of the arrangement respecting divine worship. On the same date, too, the well-informed Dutch ambassador, Nieupoort, informed the States-General that it was generally understood that the Lord Protector would take no further steps (Thurloe State Papers, vol. iv. p. 328). It would seem, then, that the transaction took place between the 14th and the 28th January. Footnote 136: _Ibid._ Footnote 137: State Papers, Domestic. Interregnum, cxxv., No. 38, i. 76, p. 604; i. 112, p. 289; cxxvi., No. 105. Footnote 138: _Ibid._, cxxvi., No. 105, iv. Footnote 139: _Ibid._, cxxvi., No. 105. Footnote 140: _Trans. Jew. Hist. Soc._, vol. i. p. 63. Footnote 141: State Papers, Dom. Interregnum, cxxv., 58. _Infra_, p. lxxxv. Footnote 142: See endorsement of the petition. _Infra_, p. lxxxvi. Footnote 143: _Infra_, p. 107. The hypothesis that John Sadler was the author of the letter which gave rise to the _Vindiciæ Judæorum_ is based on the facts that he was at the time the go-between in the negotiations with Cromwell, that he was an intimate friend of Menasseh, and that he had already given some thought to the blood accusation and other charges against the Jews (“Rights of the Kingdom,” p. 74). Footnote 144: State Papers, Dom. Inter., i. 77, April 1, 1656; cxxvi., No. 105, xi. Footnote 145: Carlyle, “Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches,” vol. ii. p. 161. Footnote 146: State Papers, Dom. Inter., cxxvi., No. 105, i.; i. 77, No. 11. Footnote 147: State Papers, Dom. Inter., cxxvi., No. 105, ii. and iii. Most of the documents in the Robles case have been printed as an appendix to my paper on “Crypto-Jews under the Commonwealth” (_Trans. Jew. Hist. Soc._, vol. i. pp. 76–86). Footnote 148: _Ibid._, cxxvi., No. 105, vi. Footnote 149: State Papers, Dom. Inter., i. 77, pp. 44, 78; cxxvii., 21, 40; i. 77, No. 19. Footnote 150: There is a tradition in the synagogues that written privileges were granted, and this conforms with all the other evidence relating to the campaign. The disappearance of these documents is not surprising, as many of the older documents belonging to the Sephardi congregation in London passed into private hands. Moreover, after the Restoration the congregations would naturally wish to destroy all evidence of their negotiations with the Protector. It is probable that these documents are referred to in the State Papers, where mention is made of “a Jew living in London who has produced great testimonies under the hand of the late Lord Protector.” (Cal. State Papers, Dom., 1659–60, p. 291.) Footnote 151: “Tracts on Liberty of Conscience” (Hanserd Knollys Soc.), p. 240. Footnote 152: See Endorsement of Petition, _infra_, p. lxxxvi. Footnote 153: