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A93244 A sermon preached at Bridgwater in Somersetshire, July the 17th, 1700, at the opening of the organ lately erected there by John Shuttleworth ... Shuttleworth, John, 1670 or 71-1750. 1700 (1700) Wing S3717A; ESTC R43740 17,045 35

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