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"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
In that direction the family to which they belong extends as far as louisiana.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
Opening Day at the louisiana Purchase Exposition.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews