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A25791 Letters from the Marquesse of Argyle, the Earle of Lanerick, Lord Warriston, and others now at Edenburgh, to their friends at London intercepted by Sir Richard Willys ... Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Marquis of, 1598-1661.; Hamilton, William Hamilton, Duke of, 1616-1651.; Warriston, Archibald Johnston, Lord, 1611-1663.; Willes, Richard, Sir, 1613 or 14-1690. 1645 (1645) Wing A3661; ESTC R200021 7,043 12

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