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interests, a conclusion which anticipated the later position of
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463:C D Waterston; A Macmillan Shearer.
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216:Expulsion of the Acadians
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319:in 1803. He was elected
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124:University of Edinburgh
663:; by Hew Scott; vol. 2
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89:Nationality
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370:Harvieston
298:Hugh Blair
277:Church in
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