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A66231 A charter of regulations granted to the East-India Company, by Their sacred Majesties King William and Queen Mary, under the Great Seal of England, dated the 28th. of September, 1694 England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary) 1694 (1694) Wing W2498B; ESTC R219991 11,997 18

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