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Acts of the General Assembly (1856)
Credit: Haithi Trust
Original Author: General Assembly
Created: 1856
Medium: Book page

Acts of the General Assembly (1856), Page 40

Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, Passed in 1855–6, in the Eightieth Year of the Commonwealth (Richmond, Virginia: William F. Ritchie, 1856), 40.

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