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A89344 The lawes of Virginia now in force collected out of the assembly records and digested into one volume : revised and confirmed by the Grand Assembly held at James-City by prorogation the 23d of March 1661 in the 13th year of the reign of our soveraign lord King Charles the II.; Laws, etc. Virginia.; Moryson, Francis.; Randolph, Henry.; Virginia. General Assembly. 1662 (1662) Wing M2849; ESTC R7787 65,296 97

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