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                <title>Letter from John Anstis to Newton requesting a report by John Williams on the Royal tin trade</title>
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                <p rend="center" xml:id="par1">To <choice><abbr>S<hi rend="superscript">r</hi>.</abbr><expan>Sir</expan></choice> Isaac Newton <choice><abbr>Kn.<hi rend="superscript">t</hi></abbr><expan>Knight</expan></choice></p>
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