The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 33 1879

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Contents

Adams family query 104 of Canterbury Conn
viii
American prisoners at Forton Prison Eng 1777
36
Andros Gov taxes under 162
60
Baptisms and Deaths See Records
242
Billerica Notes and Queries 443
248
Henry Armitt Brown
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