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A46912 Ludgate, what it is, not what it was, or, A full and clear discovery and description of ... that prison also, an exact catalogue of the legacies now belonging to the said prison, the names of the several donors, and the persons appointed to pay them ... / humbly presented to the Right Honorable Thomas Allen, Lord Mayor of this honorable city by M. Johnson ... Johnson, Marmaduke, d. 1674. 1659 (1659) Wing J784A; ESTC R10540 21,741 85

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