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A46076 An impartial account of some of the transactions in Scotland, concerning the Earl of Broadalban, Viscount and Master of Stair, Glenco-men, Bishop of Galloway, and Mr. Duncan Robertson in a letter from a friend. Friend. 1695 (1695) Wing I65; ESTC R15762 20,378 32

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