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A50163 Souldiers counselled and comforted a discourse delivered unto some part of the forces engaged in the just war of New-England against the northern & eastern Indians, Sept. 1, 1689 / by Cotton Mather ... Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. 1689 (1689) Wing M1154; ESTC W19438 22,581 50

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