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    299 t CAROLINE FRANCES CORNWALLIS.

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    299 T Caroline Frances Cornwallis.

    299 CAROLINE FRANCES CORNWALLIS .

• Citation
  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1864, page 299, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071864/page/11/