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Wool trade and industry - Great Britain

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    A whip for the smugglers: or, a curb to France . Shewing the only way to prevent wool-smuggling; wherein their methods are clearly discover'd. With an appeal to both Houses of Parliament, Drawn up as the Heads of a Bill, And most humbly submitted to the Consideration of the Legislative Body of Great Britain and Ireland. By George Bridges, Formerly a Wool-Smuggler.

    Bridges, George, wool-comber. | Date: 1742

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