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A53445 A true copy of two letters the first sent from the Earle of Ormond to the Honourable Colonell Michael Jones, commander in chiefe of the Parliament's forces in Leinster and governor of the city of Dublin : vvith Colonell Jones his answere to the Earle of Ormond's said letters. Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688.; Jones, Michael, d. 1649. 1649 (1649) Wing O461; ESTC R181053 15,271 16

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