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A25884 An Account of the purging and planting of the congregation of Dalkeith ... published for information and satisfaction of these who are willing and desirous to know the truth of the foresaid affair ... and particularly for the information of the members of the next General Assembly. 1691 (1691) Wing A377; ESTC R18671 47,196 54

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