Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 52 pages of information about Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850.

Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 52 pages of information about Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850.

It is also proposed to present Dr. Conolly with a piece of plate, should the funds permit after defraying the expenses of the painting and engraving.

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London, August 3, 1850.

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ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

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THE LETTERS AND JOURNALS OF ROBERT BAILLIE, Principal of the University of Glasgow, 1637-62, and one of the Commissioners from Scotland to the Westminster Assembly.  Edited from the original MSS., with Memoir, by David Laing, Esq.

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