Our World's Great Benefactors: Short Biographies of the Men and Women Most Eminent in Philanthropy, Patriotism, Art, Literature, Discovery, Science, Invention ... |
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| Title | Our World's Great Benefactors: Short Biographies of the Men and Women Most Eminent in Philanthropy, Patriotism, Art, Literature, Discovery, Science, Invention ... |
| Author | Samuel Adams Drake |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | H.J. Smith & Company, 1889 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 nov. 2010 |
| Length | 702 pages |
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