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A92255 Reasons humbly offered for the bill to enable the city of London to pay their orphans by sale of 3000 l. per annum of their lands, by a revenue from hackney-coachmen, and by a duty on coals As to that part of the bill that concerns hackney-coachmen ... City of London (England). 1690 (1690) Wing R542C; ESTC R182459 2,354 8

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