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A64292
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A true relation of an apparition expressions and actings of a spirit which infected the house of Andrew Mackie in Ring-Croft of Stocking, in the paroch of Kerrick, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Scotland / by Mr. Alexander Telfair, minister of that paroch ; and attested by many other persons who were also eye and ear-witnesses.
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Telfair, Alexander.
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1696
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Wing T623; ESTC R33670
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