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A27467 The speech of the Honourable Sr. VVilliam Berkeley governour and capt. generall of Virginea, to the burgesses in the Grand Assembly at James Towne on the 17 of March, 1651 : together with a declaration of the whole country, occasioned upon the sight of a printed paper from England, intituled An act, &c. Berkeley, William, Sir, 1608-1677. 1651 (1651) Wing B1976; ESTC R35748 5,013 10

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