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A50071 Several acts and laws passed by the great and general court or assembly of Their Majesties province of Massachusetts-Bay in New England. Convened and held at Boston, the eighth day of June. 1692. Anno Regni Gulielmi, et Mariæ, Regis et Reginæ Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ, quarto; Public General Acts. 1692. Massachusetts. Council. 1692 (1692) Wing M1016; ESTC R217665 12,111 19

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