Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Volume 75For the statement above quoted, also for full bibliographical information regarding this publication, and for the contents of the volumes [1st ser.] v. 1- 7th series, v. 5, cf. Griffin, Bibl. of Amer. hist. society, 2d edition, 1907, p. 346-360. |
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| Title | Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Volume 75 Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Massachusetts Historical Society Volume 75 of Collections, Massachusetts Historical Society Library of American civilization |
| Author | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Publisher | Massachusetts Historical Society., 1922 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Aug 30, 2007 |
| Length | 483 pages |
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