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B20579 The council-general of the Indian and African Company's petition to His Majesty. Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies. 1699 (1699) Wing C5595; Interim Tract Supplement Guide L.R.305.a.7.[1]; ESTC R227661 1,811 2

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