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CAROLINE! FRANCES CORNWALLIS. 297
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Caroline! Frances Cornwallis. 297
CAROLINE ! FRANCES CORNWALLIS . 297
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1864, page 297, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071864/page/9/
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