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A52926 Acts and laws, passed by the general Court or Assembly of His Majesties Province of New-Hampshire in New-England, begun and held at Portsmouth, on Monday the seventh day of August, 1699, anno regni Gulielmi Tertii, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, et Hiberniae Regis undecimo; Laws, etc. New Hampshire.; New Hampshire. General Assembly. 1699 (1699) Wing N645; ESTC R12151 10,157 9

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