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A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England

Southall, Eliza Allen, 1823-1851; Southall, William [Editor]

A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England — English source edition. Subject: So...

Southall, Eliza Allen, 1823-1851Christian biography -- EnglandQuakers -- England -- Biography
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A Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare Player, Poet, and Playmaker

Fleay, Frederick Gard, 1831-1909

A Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare Player, Poet, and Playmaker — English source edition. Subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1...

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- BiographyStratford-upon-Avon (England) -- Biography
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A Discourse on the Life, Character and Writings of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck Delivered before the New-York Historical Society, May 17th, 1870

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

A Discourse on the Life, Character and Writings of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck Delivered before the New-York Historical Society, May 17th, 1870 — English so...

Verplanck, Gulian C. (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870New York (State) -- Biography
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A Layman's Life of Jesus

Byers, S. H. M. (Samuel Hawkins Marshall), 1838-1933

A Layman's Life of Jesus — English source edition. Subject: Jesus Christ -- Biography.

Jesus Christ -- Biography
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A narrative of some remarkable incidents, in the life of Solomon Bayley

Bayley, Solomon, 1771?-1839?; Hurnard, Robert [Author of introduction, etc.]

A narrative of some remarkable incidents, in the life of Solomon Bayley — English source edition. Subject: Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.

Fugitive slaves -- United States -- BiographyAfrican Americans -- BiographyEnslaved persons -- United States -- Biography
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A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, as Related by Himself

Gronniosaw, James Albert Ukawsaw, 1710?-1773?

A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, as Related by Himself — English source ed...

AutobiographiesChristian biographyGronniosaw, James Albert Ukawsaw
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A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955; Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 [Author of introduction, etc.]

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole — English source edition. Subject: Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.

Arctic regions -- Discovery and explorationHenson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955African American explorers -- Biography
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A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843

Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904; Murray, John, 1778-1843 [Contributor]; Mackay, Thomas, 1849-1912 [Editor]

A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 — English source e...

Murray, John, 1778-1843John Murray (Firm)Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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