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Quarter-day, or, The horrors of the first of May : a poem

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1812.
Call number: 85555
Creator: Woodworth, Samuel (1785-1824)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 12mo
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