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| Title | Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, Volume 3 |
| Author | Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives |
| Contributor | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Publisher | Massachusetts Historical Society, 1922 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Oct 2007 |
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