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| Title | Baldwin; or, A miser's heir, by an old bachelor [signed G.H.E.]. Baldwin; or, A miser's heir, by an old bachelor [signed G.H.E.], Richard Harris Barham |
| Author | Richard Harris Barham |
| Published | 1820 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Jul 2006 |
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