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OPEN COUNCIL. 427
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Open Council. 427
OPEN COUNCIL . 427
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1859, page 427, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081859/page/67/
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