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money_n creditor_n good_n sell_v 1,795 5 10.5105 5 true
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A90627 Novemb. 1. 1654. Katherine Pettus, plaintiffe, Margaret Bancroft, defendant in chancery Pettus, Katherine. 1654 (1654) Wing P1913; Thomason 669.f.19[30]; ESTC R40086 1,440 1

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