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A50937 A narrative of the siege of London-Derry, or, The late memorable transactions of that city faithfully represented to rectifie the mistakes and supply the omissions of Mr. Walker's account / by John Mackenzie ... ; the most material passages relating to other parts of Ulster and Sligo are also inserted from the memoirs of such as were chiefly concerned in them. Mackenzie, John, 1648?-1696. 1690 (1690) Wing M216; ESTC R18238 101,348 72

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