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A53097 Captain Charles Newy's case impartially laid open, or, A true and full narrative of the clandestine proceedings aginst [sic] him as it was hatched, contrived, and maliciously carried on by Mrs. Margaret Newey, widdow. Newey, Charles. 1700 (1700) Wing N917; ESTC R42213 29,009 19

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