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A65737 [A] letter to Mr Nathaniel Tenche in ansvver to a paper publish'd by him, entitul'd, Animadversions upon Mr. George White's reflection on the answer of the East-India-Company, to Mr. Samuel White's two papers; wherein the arbitrary violences committed by the said company on the lives and estates of their fellow-subjects and strangers; together with the present sad condition of their affairs in India, are occasionally intimated. White, George. 1689 (1689) Wing W1769; ESTC R220995 18,105 12

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