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A50142 Military duties recommended to an artillery company; at their election of officers, in Charls-town, 13. d. 7. m. 1686. By Cotton Mather, pastor of a church in Boston. Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. 1687 (1687) Wing M1128; ESTC W479523 35,129 92

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