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A30333 The conversion & persecutions of Eve Cohan, now called Elizabeth Verboon a person of quality of the Jewish religion, who was baptized the 10th of October, 1680, at St. Martins in the Fields, by the Right Reverend Father in God, William, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. 1680 (1680) Wing B5772; ESTC R7379 14,133 33

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