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B03741 Articles established by Alexander Hamilton, formerly merchant in Rouen in France, now in Edinburgh, and his partners in the erecting in the said city, a profitable adventure for the fortunat, of fifty thousand tickets, of half a crown each. December 9, 1693. Hamilton, Alexander, merchant. 1693 (1693) Wing H475A; ESTC R177814 3,430 4

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