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B06363 Unto his Grace, the Marquess of Tweeddale, his Majesties High Commissioner, and the right honourable Estates of Parliament. The magistrats and town council of Inverness, for themselves, and the community of the said burgh. Inverness (Scotland). Town Council.; Tweeddale, John Hay, Marquis of, 1626?-1697.; Scotland. Parliament. Committee of Estates. 1695 (1695) Wing U100B; ESTC R185879 632 2

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