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B05758 Unto the right honourable, the Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council. The petition of the Earl of Seafort. Seaforth, Kenneth Mackenzie, Earl of, d. 1701. 1697 (1697) Wing S2170C; ESTC R183642 3,056 3

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