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B04709
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The proposals for printing the English atlas
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Pitt, Moses, fl. 1654-1696.
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1679
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Wing P2308B; ESTC R187081
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ed._n shire_n esq_n of_o hadam_n hartfordsh_fw-mi thomas_n short_a m._n d._n will._n shortgrave_n fellow_n of_o wadham_n coll._n oxon_n william_n sill_n archdeacon_n of_o colchester_n george_n sittwell_n esq_n john_n skelton_n archdeacon_n of_o bedford_n george_n smith_n m._n d._n of_o thistleworth_n middlesex_n barthol_n soame_z citizen_n of_o london_n james_n sotheby_o esq_n of_o gray_n inn_n lon._n fredrick_n spanheim_n d._n d._n professor_n of_o divinity_n at_o leyden_n john_n speke_n esq_n of_o somersetshire_n william_n spencer_n esq_n henry_n stafford_n esq_n will._n stanley_n fellow_n of_o corpus_fw-la christi_fw-la coll._n cambridge_n james_n stevens_n esq_n of_o stowell_n edward_n stillingfleet_n d._n d._n dean_n of_o st._n paul_n london_n horatio_z ld._n townsend_n baron_n of_o lin_z regis_n or_o king_n linn_n sr._n gil._n talbot_n mr._n of_o the_o jewel-house_n sr._n robert_n talbor_n john_n taylor_n m._n d._n of_o his_o majesty_n commissioner_n of_o the_o wine_n licence_n 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vernon_n bar._n of_o hodnett_n shropsh_n henry_n ulenbrook_n jun._n merchant_n in_o amsterd_n isaac_n vossius_fw-la d._n d._n canon_n of_o windsor_n stephen_n upman_n fellow_n of_o eton_n coll._n robert_n uvedale_n of_o enfield_n middlesex_n henry_n ld._n marq_n of_o worcester_z charles_n ferdinand_z earl_n of_o walstein_n envoy_n extraordinary_a from_o the_o emperor_n to_o his_o majesty_n of_o great_a britain_n george_n ld._n bp._n of_o winchester_n edward_n ld._n ward_n of_o dudley_n castle_n staffordshire_n sidney_n wortley_n alias_o montague_n esq_n will._n wake_v student_n of_o ch._n ch._n oxon._n edward_n wake_v of_o london_n obad._n walker_n mr._n of_o university_n coll._n oxon_n sr._n will._n waller_n john_n wallis_n d._n d._n geometry_n professor_n oxon_n hen._n wallop_v esq_n of_o farly-clop_a hamsh_n sr._n william_n walter_n of_o saresden_n oxfordsh_fw-mi james_n ward_n esq_n sr._n patience_n ward_n alderman_n of_o lond._n john_n warner_n arch_a deacon_n of_o roche_v 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