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preachers and the clothiers were peculiarly zealous. ForIiowe was considered as the enemy both of conventiclesand of factories. Outvoters were brought up to Gloucesterin extraordinary numbers. In the city of London thetraders who frequented Blackwell Hall, then the greatemporium for woollen goods, canvassed actively on theWhig side.

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