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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50497	A brief narrative of the second meeting between the people called Quakers and Baptists at the Meeting-place, near Wheeler-street, London, the 16th of the 8th moneth, 167[4] / published for information by W.M. ... [et al.]	Mead, William, 1628-1713.; Hicks, Thomas, 17th cent.	1674 (1674)	Wing M1565A; ESTC R29521	29,398	72

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