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History of northampton county, pennsylvania, illustrated 1884. The pennsylvania magazine of history and biography on jstor. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. The history of the early settlements and indian massacres, is so completed merged with the history of berks, that little of interest, separately considered, remains to be noticed. Tombstone inscriptions in old cemetery of christ little tulpehocken union church, jefferson township, berks co.
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