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| Title | The history of the public revenue of the British empire, Volume 1 The history of the public revenue of the British empire, sir John Sinclair (1st bart.) |
| Author | sir John Sinclair (1st bart.) |
| Edition | 3 |
| Published | 1803 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 3 Jul 2006 |
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