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Summary
Evans 15817.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML.
Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 145, Folder 13.
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Date
01/01/1778
Contributors
Gt. Brit. Colonial office.
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain
