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A petition of W.C. : exhibited to the high court of Parliament now assembled, for the propagating of the Gospel in America, and the West Indies; and for the setling of our plantations there; which petition is approved by 70 able English divines. Also by Master Alexander Henderson, and some other worthy ministers of Scotland

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: Printed in the yeare, 1641.
Call number: 9156
Creator: Castell, William (-1645)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 4to
Associated people: Henderson, Alexander, (1583?-1646.); Church, Elihu Dwight, (1835-1908,)
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