Belfast Politics: Or, A Collection of the Debates, Resolutions, and Other Proceedings of that Town, in the Years M, DCC, XCII and M, DCC, XCIII. With Strictures on the Test of Certain of the Societies of United Irishmen: Also, Thoughts on the British Constitution ...H. Joy and Company, 1794 - 304 pages |
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