Life of George P. Barker, with Sketches of Some of His Celebrated Speeches: The Proceedings of the Bar of Erie County on the Occasion of His Death; and the Funeral Sermon of John C. Lord, D. D.O. G. Steele, 1849 - 215 páginas |
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