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Bibliographic information
| Title | Universal History: In Perspective |
| Author | Emma Willard |
| Edition | 12 |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes & Company, 1854 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jul 18, 2007 |
| Length | 462 pages |
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