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Page 20 - Philadelphia, the twenty-fifth day of March, in the fifteenth year of the reign of our sovereign lord king GEORGE the second, and in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and...
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| Title | The charter, laws, and catalogue of books, of the Library company of Philadelphia The charter, laws, and catalogue of books, of the Library company of Philadelphia, Library company of Philadelphia |
| Author | Library company of Philadelphia |
| Published | 1770 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 15 May 2007 |
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