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A70600 Mr. De Labadie's letter to his daughter, Mrs. Delabadie, nurse to the pretended Prince of Wales written in characters and deciphered by Dr. Wallis ... : which said letter is referred to by Mr. Fuller in his two narratives, and is a plain demonstration of that horrid imposture : with reflections upon it, and a full answer to the material objections, in a late pamphlet entituled, The truest account of Mr. Fullers discovery, &c. / by another hand. Another hand.; Fuller, William, 1670-1717?; Wallis, John, 1616-1703.; Labadie, James de.; Labadie, Mary Anne de. 1696 (1696) Wing M2261A; ESTC R10912 12,860 48

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