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A38936 The exact narrative of the conflict at Dunkeld betwixt the Earl of Angus's regiment and the rebels, collected from several officers of that regiment, who were actors in, or eye-witnesses to, all that's here narrated, in reference to these actions. 1689 (1689) Wing E3666; ESTC R201947 4,998 8

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