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ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
If it could have been proved that Richard Babbage had survived twelve months after his voyage to America, these estates would have remained in my own branch of the family.
I possess a letter from Richard Babbage, dated on board the ship in which he sailed for America.
In the year 1773 it became necessary to sell a portion of this property, for the purpose of building a church at Ashbrenton. A private Act of Parliament was passed for that purpose, in which the rights of the true heir were reserved.
