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| Title | The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 201 Volumes 133-158; Volumes 357-394 of Early English newspapers |
| Contributor | John Nichols |
| Publisher | A. Dodd and A. Smith, 1856 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2005 |
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