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A41405 To the right honourable the Lord Mayor of the Cit[y] of London, the right worshipfull the aldermen his brethren, and the commons in Common Councell assembled. The humble petition of many thousand well affected inhabita[nts] in and about the said city 1647 (1647) Wing G1052; Wing T1655C; ESTC R220135 1,458 2

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