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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Private Bill Legislation, Volume 2 A History of Private Bill Legislation, Frederick Clifford |
| Author | Frederick Clifford |
| Publisher | Butterworths, 1887 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2007 |
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