Autobiography of Ann Prior Jarvis, pioneer of 1861 [microform]: c.1890-1895

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  Autobiography of Hannah Hood Hill Romney [microform]: 1922

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  Autobiography of William Henry Solomon [microform] : 1895

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  Heritage of valor: the life story of Joseph C. Rich and Ann Eliza Hunter Rich [microform]: approximately 1950

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  MSS MFilm 00341

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