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A23610 A letter from a country gentleman to an eminent but easy citizen, who was unhappily misguided in the fatal election of Sir John Moore for Lord Mayor of London, at Michaelmas 1681. W. N.; T. F. Citizen's answer. 1692 (1692) Wing N82; ESTC R216399 8,458 2

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