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THE LIFE

OF

SIR WILLIAM PETTY

1623 - 1687

ONE OF THE FIRST FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY

SOMETIME SECRETARY TO HENRY CROMWELL

MAKER OF THE 'DOWN SURVEY' OF IRELAND, AUTHOR OF 'POLITICAL ARITHMETIC' &c.


CHIEFLY DERIVED FROM PRIVATE DOCUMENTS HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED


By LORD EDMOND FITZMAURICE

AUTHOR OF 'THE LIFE OF WILIAM, EARL OF SHELBURNE'

WITH MAP AND PORTRAITS

LONDON

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET

1895