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Title: The Columbian magazine : or, monthly miscellany
Year: 1788 (1780s)
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Publisher: Philadelphia : T. Seddon, W. Spotswood, C. Cist & J. Trenchard
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
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