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Independence and the opening of the West

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1961.
Call number: 499734
Creator: Benton, Thomas Hart (1889-1975)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of John Haskell Kemble.
Dimensions: 28 cm
Associated people: Benton, Thomas Hart, (1889-1975,); Kemble, John Haskell, (1912-1990,)
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