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MABIE ANTOINETTE. 187
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Mabie Antoinette. 187
MABIE ANTOINETTE . 187
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 2, 1863, page 167, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02111863/page/23/
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