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B08042 A true remonstrance of the state of the salt businesse, undertaken (for the furnishment thereof between Barwick and Pool; they with the Ile [sic] of Wight, and members inclusive) / by the Societie of Saltmakers of South, and North-Shields, and of Scotland. Society of Saltmakers (London, England); England and Wales. Privy Council. 1640 (1640) STC 21636.5; ESTC S121053 7,230 4

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