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MABIE ANTOINETTE. 239
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Mabie Antoinette. 239
MABIE ANTOINETTE . 239
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1863, page 239, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121863/page/23/
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