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A77440 A brief memorial wherein the present case of the antient leasees, the inward pawn sub-tenants, and the outward pawn present tenants, of the Royal exchange [is] ... stated. : As also some animadversions ... relating to the ... revenue of the said place ... / By an unfeigned welwisher to the flourishing estate of the city of London ... T. P. (Theophilus Philalethes) 1674 (1674) Wing B4604; ESTC R170805 39,573 61

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