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| Title | The fatalists; or, Records of 1814 and 1815, Volumes 1-3 The fatalists; or, Records of 1814 and 1815, mrs. Kelly |
| Author | Mrs. Kelly |
| Publisher | A.K. Newman, 1821 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Jul 11, 2006 |
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