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A57213 An epistle to the people called Quakers emitted by Mr. Robert Rich; who arrived at London from the Barbadoes the ninth day of September, 1679, and departed this life the sixteenth of November following. Rich, Robert, d. 1679. 1680 (1680) Wing R1355; ESTC R28476 9,150 11

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