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A45906 An Enquiry into the causes of the miscarriage of the Scots colony at Darien, or, An answer to a libel entituled, A defence of the Scots abdicating Darien submitted to the consideration of the good people of England. Ridpath, George, d. 1726. 1700 (1700) Wing I213; ESTC R12945 73,090 122

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