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in the thirty seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third,
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Thos Williams
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lb
>
</
lb
>
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Thos Stone
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interp
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=
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>
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lb
>
</
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>
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=
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>
Francis Wright
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lb
>
</
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John Sellers
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interp
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>
</
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>
Wllm Ottm
<
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>
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>
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p
n
=
"1614"
>
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rs
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>
Robert Smith
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lb
>
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James Smith
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=
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>
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interp
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=
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>
his mark
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figure
rend
=
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figure
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p
>
</
div1
>
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