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Dockyards, Proceedings of Commissioners for securing (large folio volume, bound)
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/8/254
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Dockyards, Proceedings of Commissioners for securing (large folio volume, bound)
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PRO 30/8
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham: Papers
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Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Within the series: PRO 30/8
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham: Papers
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Dockyards, Proceedings of Commissioners for securing (large folio volume, bound)
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