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Narrative of James Van Horne on the plaines of Michigan
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mssHM 27994
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Liberty and the union : Speech of Hon. Burt Van Horn, of Niagara County. In Assembly, January 18, 1860
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Daniel Horn papers
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mssHM 49539-49610
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R.H. Horne correspondence
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