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A47129 The causeless ground of surmises, jealousies and unjust offences removed, in a full clearing of faithful Friends, and a sober vindication of my innocency, and the Friends concerned with me in relation to the late religious differences and breaches among some of the people called Quakers in America. Keith, George, 1639?-1716. 1694 (1694) Wing K149; ESTC R1482 14,639 18

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