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A letter to the gentlemen appointed commissioners by a late Act of Parliament, for putting in execution a scheme of rebuilding a stone-bridge over the Avon in the city of Bristol

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1760.
Call number: 646558
Creator: Bridges, James(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Christopher Edwards Antiquarian Books & Manuscripts, June 2017.
Dimensions: 19 cm (12mo)
Associated organization: Grabham and Pine,
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A letter to the gentlemen appointed commissioners by a late Act of Parliament, for putting in execution a scheme of rebuilding a stone-bridge over the Avon in the city of Bristol

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