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A52196 Acts and laws passed by the great and general court or assembly of Their Majesties province of the Massachussets-bay, in New England begun at Boston, the eighth day of June 1692, and continued by adjournment, unto Wednesday the twelfth day of October following : being the second sessions. Massachusetts. General Court. 1692 (1692) Wing M950; ESTC R8928 80,538 97

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