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: a chest used especially in Scotland as a repository for family papers and documents (as charters or deeds) from the private charter chest the next step was to the public records of the kingdom— A. R. Wagner

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“Charter chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charter%20chest. Accessed 12 Aug. 2022.

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