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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48252	Letters and poems in honour of the incomparable princess, Margaret, Dutchess of Newcastle.		1676 (1676)	Wing L1774; ESTC R31697	84,169	186

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