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| Title | A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1 A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time, Robert Bolton Online access with subscription: JISC Historical Texts |
| Author | Robert Bolton |
| Publisher | Alexander S. Gould, 1848 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 11 Feb 2008 |
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