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B09309 A letter of advice to a friend about the currency of clipt-money wherein all the material clauses contain'd in the several acts made in these two last sessions of Parliament, for the cure of that evil are recited and now printed for the use of the publick. R. J.; England and Wales. Parliament. 1696 (1696) Wing J29; ESTC R179158 13,314 35

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