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A64078 A letter from Monsieur Tyrconnel from Limerick in Ireland to the late Queen at St. Germans in France Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, Earl of, 1630-1691. 1690 (1690) Wing T3576; ESTC R37912 3,853 5

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