American Biography: Or, An Historical Account of Those Persons who Have Been Distinguished in America, as Adventurers, Statesmen, Philosophers, Divines, Warriors, Authors, and Other Remarkable Characters: Comprehending a Recital of the Events Connected with Their Lives and Actions, Том 2

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by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. Faust's statue, no 45, Newbury Street, 1798

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