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Robert Francis Walker · 1847 · Scanned text
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Licence: PD · Library of Congress states the book is in the public domain and free to use and reuse (https://data.labs.loc.gov/digitized-books/README.html); published 1847, author long deceased · Library of Congress, Selected Digitized Books (https://www.loc.gov/item/39006706); text via the Common Pile (CC BY 4.0 compilation, per-document rights preserved)
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CX)PYRIGHT DEPOSIT
A GENERAL
Introduction Pftga 11
First Period. — From the Creation to the DHuge. B. C. 4004 to 2348, Usher. B. C. 5411 to 3155, Hales.
1. The creation 15
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