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THE 1707 UNION behind the scenes

he Privy Council Project, discussed on page 45, will offer an exciting new window onto Scottish politics during the tumultuous reigns of William and Mary and Queen Anne, culminating in the Union of 1707. Where the privy council’s own records present the public face of this period,

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