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B04365 Unto his Grace his Majesties High Commissioner, ane [sic] the honourable Estates of Parliament, the petition of George Mackenzie sub-tacksman of the additional and annexed-excise of the northern shires. Mackenzie, George, fl. 1697. 1697 (1697) Wing M214A; ESTC R180248 4,179 4

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