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| Title | A Brief Topographical and Statistical Manual of the State of New-York: Exhibiting the Situation and Boundaries of the Several Counties ... and Designating the Principal Places and the Seat of the Courts ... |
| Author | Sterling Goodenow |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | E. Bliss and E. White, 1822 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Jan 29, 2008 |
| Length | 72 pages |
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