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A37473 The speech of the Honourable Henry Booth, Esq spoken in Chester March 2 1680/1, at his being elected one of the knights of the shire for that county to serve in the Parliament summon'd to meet at Oxford the 21 of the said month. Warrington, Henry Booth, Earl of, 1652-1694. 1681 (1681) Wing D881; ESTC R27289 5,724 4

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