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A44075 Two consolatory letters written to the right honorable the Countess of Westmorland The first upon the occasion of the death of Sr Roger Townshend, Baronet: the second upon the death of Mrs Anne Cartwright, Her Honour's children by Sir Roger Townshend, Baronet, her former husband. Hodges, Thomas, d. 1688. 1669 (1669) Wing H2324B; ESTC R218018 16,407 30

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