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A True and particular account of the great devastations made by the late terrible storm, which happened on the evening of the thirteenth, and morning of the fourteenth of January 1739.

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Corporate Author:	Gale (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Edinburgh] : [publisher not identified], [1739]
Subjects:	Natural disasters > Great Britain > Early works to 1800. Storms > Great Britain > Early works to 1800. Electronic books.
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