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References
- ↑ "Act for a company trading to Africa and the Indies". www.rps.ac.uk.
- ↑ https://www.scottisharchivesforschools.org/union1707/documentDownloads/Signatures.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- 1 2 David Wilkinson, SWINTON, Sir John (bef. 1662-1723), of Swinton, Berwicks. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715 (2002).
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