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Help us to transcribe the King's Lynn Hall Books, detailing the events happening in Civil War and Georgian Lynn
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The King's Lynn Hall Books include minutes and memoranda of proceedings at congregations of the Mayor and community held in the Trinity Guildhall, including annual elections of the mayors and other officers, admissions of freemen, regulations for the conduct of the community's business, orders relating to trade, public health and local amenities and services and, in the earlier books, efforts to resolve disputes between Lynn merchants and their overseas trading partners.