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| Title | History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798;: With Memoirs of the Union, and Emmett's Insurrection in 1803 History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798;: With Memoirs of the Union, and Emmett's Insurrection in 1803, William Hamilton Maxwell |
| Author | William Hamilton Maxwell |
| Illustrated by | George Cruikshank |
| Edition | 7 |
| Publisher | Bell and Daldy, 186, Fleet Street, and 6, York Street, Covent Garden., 1866 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 476 pages |
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