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Proposals tender'd for an addition to the late act of Parliament for collecting charity on briefs by letters patents /

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Main Author:	Mortimer, Margaret
Corporate Author:	Great Britain. Parliament
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : [publisher not identified], 1707.
Series:	Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
Subjects:	Disaster relief > Law and legislation > Great Britain > Early works to 1800. Liability for fire damages > Great Britain > Early works to 1800. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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