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| Title | Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Late John Coakley Lettsom ...: With a Selection from His Correspondence, Volume 1 Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Late John Coakley Lettsom ...: With a Selection from His Correspondence, Thomas Joseph Pettigrew |
| Author | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew |
| Publisher | Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1817 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 5 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 384 pages |
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