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A89231 Two letters from Mr. Mountagu to the Ld Treasurer one of the 11th, the other of the 18th of Jan. 1677/8 which were read in the House of Commons. Together with the Lord Treasurer's speech in the House of Peers, upon an impeachment of high treason, &c. brought up against his Lordship by the House of Commons, Decem. 23. 1678. Montagu, Ralph Montagu, Duke of, 1638?-1709.; Leeds, Thomas Osborne, Duke of, 1631-1712. 1679 (1679) Wing M2468; ESTC R232285 6,843 16

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