Acts, 1727, 1746, 1747.

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Acts, 1727, 1746, 1747.

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Acts for issuing bills of credit (1727), for victualling the forces on an expedition to Canada (1746), and for further victualling forces lately raised in New Jersey on an expedition to Canada (1747).

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