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A letter to a member of Parliament, concerning the free British fisheries : with draughts of a herring-buss and nets and the harbour and town of Peterhead.

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Main Author:	Grant, Francis (Writer on fisheries)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
Subjects:	Fisheries > Great Britain. Fisheries > Scotland > Zetland. Peterhead (Scotland) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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