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Bibliographic information
| Title | The History of the United States of America, Volume 1 The History of the United States of America, Richard Hildreth |
| Author | Richard Hildreth |
| Publisher | Harper, 1849 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 8 Jan 2008 |
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