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The true story of Benjamin Franklin, the American statesman

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1898]
Call number: 486910
Creator: Brooks, Elbridge S (1846-1902)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Master John Fairbairn, Christmas 1905, From a friend, Sacramento".; Inscribed on fly-leaf: "To Paul Zall, a great teacher and teller of True stories - Love and many thanks, Virginia Bowen, August 25, 1976".; Bookseller's label on rear pastedown.
Dimensions: 24 cm.
Associated people: Searles, Victor A.,

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