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    The twelve letters of Canana: on the impropriety of petitioning the King to dissolve the Parliament. Letter I. That it is not to be wished the King should, at this Time, dissolve the Parliament. II. That it is not the Sense of the People to desire it. III. That 'tis a Faction only which support the Request. IV. That they must be weak, as well as wicked, who devised it. V. That no good Man, who thinks; will have any thing to do with presenting a Petition. VI. The Downfall of Petitions. Vii. On the Terms, Alarming Crisis. Viii. On the Importance of the London Patriots. IX. To the Freeholders of the remote Counties. X. On Volunteer Presenters. XI. On the Decline of the Party. XII. Its final Overthrow

    Canana. | Date: 1770
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    True Copy of the Quaker's Petition

    Society of Friends | Date: 1711

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