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A33100 Letter from the Commission of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland to the honourable council and inhabitants of the Scots colony of Caledonia in America dated at Glasgow, July 21, 1699. Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission. 1699 (1699) Wing C4231; ESTC R40834 14,482 20

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