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A66582 An account of the province of Carolina in America together with an abstract of the patent, and several other necessary and useful particulars, to such as have thoughts of transporting themselves thither : published for their information. Wilson, Samuel, fl. 1682. 1682 (1682) Wing W2932; ESTC R14591 11,836 28

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