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Convention shocked by this radical proposal. With no one to support his motion, he settled for protecting the rights of the small states against the infringements of their larger, more populous neighbors who, he feared, would 'probably combine to swallow up the smaller ones by addition, division or impoverishment.' He warned that Delaware 'would become at once a cipher in the union' if the principle of equal representation embodied in the New Jersey (small-state) Plan was not adopted and if the method of amendment in the Articles was not retained. He favored giving Congress the power to veto state laws, making the federal legislature immune to popular whims by having senators hold office for nine years or during good behavior, and granting the U.S. President broad appointive powers. Outspoken, he threatened to lead the Delaware delegation out of the Convention if the rights of the small states were not specifically guaranteed in the new Constitution.
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impartial decisions but from his severe integrity and the purity of his private character." However, a fellow delegate to the
Constitutional Convention of 1787 noted that "his legal abilities are said to be very great, but his powers of oratory are fatiguing and tiresome to the last degree; his voice is feeble and his articulation so bad that few can have patience to attend him." Historians like John Monroe have generally recognized that all in all, Read was the dominating figure in Delaware politics during his career, directly or indirectly providing consistent and reliable leadership to the new state.
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General Assembly chose the Continental Congressmen for a one-year term and the state president for a three-year term. Read served as interim state president, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of McKean. The chief justice of the state Supreme Court was also selected by the General Assembly for the life of the person appointed. The General Assembly chose the U.S. Senators, who took office March 4 for a six-year term. However, Read's first term was only two years to establish a rotation.
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Congress voted on American Independence on July 2, 1776, Read surprised many by voting against it. That meant that Rodney had to ride overnight to Philadelphia to break the deadlock in Delaware's delegation for independence. However, when the
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Charlestown, John Read was appointed by the colonial legislature of Maryland one of the commissioners to lay it out and govern it. He held various military offices during his life, and in his later years resided on his plantation in New Castle County.
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Soon after his arrival in America, John Read purchased a large estate in
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782:majority in the First and Second Congress, under
6696:Members of the Delaware House of Representatives
6691:Independent state governors of the United States
2610:. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University.
66:September 30, 1793 – September 21, 1798
983:John Dickinson Read (1803-1831) - never married
5577:Bibliography of the United States Constitution
2564:. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Wickersham Company.
2473:Journals of the Continental Congress 1774–1789
469:, and founded with six associates the city of
6035:
5674:
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2457:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
197:August 2, 1774 – December 17, 1777
113:March 4, 1789 – September 18, 1793
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3958:Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
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2592:. Wilmington, Delaware: McClafferty Press.
2573:. Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books.
153:October 20, 1777 – March 31, 1778
40:
29:
6666:Signers of the United States Constitution
3377:United States Declaration of Independence
2657:. Philadelphia: L. J. Richards & Co.
2590:History of Delaware Through its Governors
926:(1688-1756) - married Mary (Howell) Read
498:at the Rev. Francis Allison's Academy at
5633:Scene at the Signing of the Constitution
2562:History of the State of Delaware, 3 vols
974:Catherine Anne (Read) McLane (1794-1826)
557:(1818) portrays the presentation of the
6726:United States senators who owned slaves
2394:
6721:Burials in New Castle County, Delaware
6656:Signers of the Continental Association
2527:ledger.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org
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6731:Founding Fathers of the United States
6651:Continental Congressmen from Delaware
2655:History of Delaware 1609–1888. 2 vols
754:Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
7:
5690:United States senators from Delaware
3998:Journals of the Continental Congress
3307:Journals of the Continental Congress
2601:. Newark, Delaware: Roger A. Martin.
2231:United States Congressional service
650:Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture
408:Founding Father of the United States
329:(great-great-great-great-grandchild)
5600:Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom
5127:Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
4045:Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom
3333:Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom
898:served as the second. Another son,
6641:American people of English descent
6626:People from Cecil County, Maryland
4691:Drafting and ratification timeline
4436:District of Columbia Voting Rights
2699:Hall of Governors Portrait Gallery
1802:Delaware General Assembly service
827:Immanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery
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4144:Constitution of the United States
809:graveyard in New Castle, Delaware
424:Constitution of the United States
6711:People from New Castle, Delaware
6451:
5837:
4547:Convention to propose amendments
481:, were also largely interested.
358:
2638:. Westport, CT: Meckler Books.
2229:
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894:for Delaware, and his grandson
659:
5162:Separation of church and state
3930:Virginia Declaration of Rights
986:Mary Gertrude Read (1805-1877)
395:. In addition, Read served as
1:
6636:People from colonial Delaware
6631:People from colonial Maryland
4666:Virginia Ratifying Convention
3740:Charles Carroll of Carrollton
2608:Federalist Delaware 1775–1815
2523:"Litchfield Ledger - Student"
624:Delaware Constitution of 1776
281:Immanuel Episcopal Churchyard
5627:National Constitution Center
5425:Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
4724:Assemble and Petition Clause
2684:Biography by Russell Pickett
2653:Scharf, John Thomas (1888).
2569:Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004).
581:and his friend and neighbor
6646:Episcopalians from Maryland
5498:Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
4552:State ratifying conventions
4489:Equal Opportunity to Govern
4484:Electoral College abolition
4411:Congressional Apportionment
3935:Second Continental Congress
2795:U.S. senator from Delaware
2715:Delaware Historical Society
2451:"Read, John, planter"
979:Delaware Historical Society
923:
603:Second Continental Congress
595:Committee of Correspondence
559:Declaration of Independence
550:Declaration of Independence
438:Coat of Arms of George Read
420:Declaration of Independence
377:New Castle County, Delaware
6747:
6706:Chief justices of Delaware
4088:Signers Monument (Georgia)
3393:Memorial to the 56 Signers
3292:First Continental Congress
669:(sessions while President)
660:
502:, and then studied law in
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5835:
4951:Privileges and Immunities
4764:Congressional enforcement
4686:Rhode Island ratification
4577:Articles of Confederation
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4519:Parental Rights amendment
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3951:All men are created equal
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2738:Immanuel Episcopal Church
2597:Martin, Roger A. (1995).
2588:Martin, Roger A. (1984).
2560:Conrad, Henry C. (1908).
2415:Articles of Confederation
2230:
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884:Articles of Confederation
807:Immanuel Episcopal Church
663:Delaware General Assembly
401:chief justice of Delaware
389:Constitutional Convention
387:, a delegate to the U.S.
366:
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54:Chief Justice of Delaware
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5182:Unitary executive theory
4956:Privileges or Immunities
4671:New York Circular Letter
4661:Massachusetts Compromise
2634:Racino, John W. (1980).
2615:Munroe, John A. (2004).
2606:Munroe, John A. (1954).
2486:Munroe, John A. (1993).
2460:. New York: D. Appleton.
940:General William Thompson
906:, the brother of future
904:Benjamin Kendrick Pierce
856:In the Broadway musical
780:Pro-Administration Party
500:New London, Pennsylvania
141:3rd Governor of Delaware
6701:Delaware state senators
5102:Dormant Commerce Clause
4946:Presidential succession
4681:Fayetteville Convention
4676:Hillsborough Convention
4612:Three-fifths Compromise
4592:Philadelphia Convention
4582:Mount Vernon Conference
4469:Campaign finance reform
3965:Consent of the governed
2844:Continental Association
2694:The Political Graveyard
1538:Continental Congressman
1459:Continental Congressman
1409:Continental Congressman
1359:Continental Congressman
834:Life and Correspondence
832:William T. Read in his
530:three Delaware counties
416:Continental Association
381:Continental Congressman
183:Continental Congressman
5265:William Samuel Johnson
5137:Nondelegation doctrine
4709:Admission to the Union
4656:Anti-Federalist Papers
4607:Connecticut Compromise
2733:Read House and Gardens
2724:University of Delaware
1021:James Read (1743-1822)
1004:John Meredith Read Jr.
998:John Meredith Read Sr.
874:was an officer in the
846:University of Delaware
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805:George Read plaque at
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620:New Castle Court House
610:Government of Delaware
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467:Cecil County, Maryland
439:
6686:Governors of Delaware
6681:Delaware Independents
5472:Richard Dobbs Spaight
4941:Presidential Electors
4916:Original Jurisdiction
4856:Full Faith and Credit
4729:Assistance of Counsel
4650:The Federalist Papers
4479:Crittenden Compromise
3781:Francis Lightfoot Lee
3442:President of Congress
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2761:President of Delaware
2599:Memoirs of the Senate
2571:Democracy in Delaware
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6676:Delaware Federalists
6055:lieutenant governors
5641:A More Perfect Union
5617:Constitution Gardens
5538:Convention Secretary
5200:Convention President
5172:Symmetric federalism
5167:Separation of powers
4901:Necessary and Proper
4896:Natural-born citizen
4841:Freedom of the Press
4779:Copyright and Patent
4769:Contingent Elections
4587:Annapolis Convention
3895:Robert R. Livingston
3277:Virginia Association
3144:Thomas Johnson, Junr
2689:Delaware's Governors
2471:Library of Congress
890:served as the first
784:President Washington
750:Annapolis Convention
534:Continental Congress
519:Governor of Delaware
515:Gunning Bedford, Sr.
412:Petition to the King
341:New Castle, Delaware
270:New Castle, Delaware
250:Province of Maryland
18:George Read (signer)
5648:Worldwide influence
5389:Gunning Bedford Jr.
5117:Executive privilege
5097:Criminal sentencing
5020:Title of Nobility (
5011:Taxing and Spending
4911:Oath or Affirmation
4871:House Apportionment
4734:Case or Controversy
4617:Committee of Detail
4509:"Liberty" amendment
4474:Christian amendment
4022:American Revolution
3247:Christopher Gadsden
3180:Patrick Henry, Junr
2488:History of Delaware
2217:New Castle at-large
2183:New Castle at-large
2149:New Castle at-large
2115:New Castle at-large
2081:New Castle at-large
2047:New Castle at-large
2013:New Castle at-large
1979:New Castle at-large
1945:New Castle at-large
1911:New Castle at-large
1874:New Castle at-large
1789:State Supreme Court
1785:September 21, 1798
1782:September 30, 1793
1759:September 18, 1793
1499:September 21, 1776
540:American Revolution
5302:William Livingston
5286:Alexander Hamilton
5092:Criminal procedure
5087:Constitutional law
5022:Foreign Emoluments
4986:State of the Union
4971:Self-Incrimination
4961:Recess appointment
4754:Compulsory Process
4416:Titles of Nobility
4084:(Washington, D.C.)
4075:Semiquincentennial
3978:Document's history
3833:Thomas Heyward Jr.
3503:Robert Treat Paine
3106:The Lower Counties
3036:William Livingston
2917:Robert Treat Paine
2788:Office established
2746:Political offices
2704:2009-07-15 at the
2355:Pro-Administration
2321:Pro-Administration
2287:Pro-Administration
1706:September 1, 1787
1555:December 17, 1777
1503:State Constitution
1373:September 5, 1774
961:William Thane Read
852:In popular culture
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299:Gertrude Ross Till
263:September 21, 1798
243:September 18, 1733
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5353:Thomas Fitzsimons
5333:Benjamin Franklin
5207:George Washington
5107:Enumerated powers
5082:Concurrent powers
5077:Balance of powers
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3581:Philip Livingston
3550:Samuel Huntington
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3328:National Archives
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3175:George Washington
3170:Richard Henry Lee
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3000:Philip Livingston
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1681:October 20, 1788
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1552:November 7, 1776
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1524:October 28, 1776
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3882:Delegates voting
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3838:Thomas Lynch Jr.
3766:Thomas Jefferson
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5326:Pennsylvania
5223:John Langdon
4981:Speedy Trial
4823:
4714:Appointments
4648:
4431:Equal Rights
4327:20th century
4070:Bicentennial
3902:
3899:Henry Wisner
3890:
3807:Joseph Hewes
3756:George Wythe
3735:Thomas Stone
3730:William Paca
3725:Samuel Chase
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3678:James Wilson
3636:Pennsylvania
3591:Lewis Morris
3517:Rhode Island
3493:Samuel Adams
3450:John Hancock
3242:Thomas Lynch
3216:Joseph Hewes
3154:Samuel Chase
3149:William Paca
3122:
3060:Pennsylvania
3051:John De Hart
3031:James Kinsey
3015:Simon Boerum
3010:Henry Wisner
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1742:U.S. Senator
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323:(grandchild)
283:, New Castle
265:(1798-09-21)
246:Cecil County
213:Succeeded by
192:
171:Succeeded by
148:
129:Succeeded by
108:
89:Kensey Johns
84:Succeeded by
61:
6621:1798 deaths
6616:1733 births
5524:William Few
5404:Jacob Broom
5384:George Read
5258:Connecticut
5192:Signatories
5042:Legislative
5016:Territorial
4936:Presentment
4921:Origination
4876:Impeachment
4831:Extradition
4799:Engagements
4789:Due Process
4739:Citizenship
4426:Child Labor
3907:John Rogers
3699:George Read
3683:George Ross
3668:James Smith
3658:John Morton
3538:Connecticut
3433:Signatories
3123:George Read
3097:George Ross
3092:John Morton
2995:James Duane
2964:Silas Deane
2947:Connecticut
2938:Samuel Ward
2851:Signatories
2779:U.S. Senate
2350:U.S. Senate
2316:U.S. Senate
2282:U.S. Senate
1995:State House
1961:State House
1747:Legislature
1722:Legislature
1669:Legislature
1644:Legislature
1619:Legislature
1614:Assemblyman
1594:Legislature
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1164:Legislature
1159:Assemblyman
1139:Legislature
1134:Assemblyman
1114:Legislature
1109:Assemblyman
1018:(1740-1788)
1016:Thomas Read
930:George Read
575:Ulster-Scot
517:, a future
511:George Ross
471:Charlestown
456:Oxfordshire
406:Read was a
379:. He was a
373:George Read
203:Preceded by
159:Preceded by
119:Preceded by
72:Preceded by
34:George Read
6610:Categories
6555:Bookhammer
6480:Mendinhall
6461:Lieutenant
6183:J. Collins
6108:T. Collins
5954:Richardson
5904:T. Clayton
5864:J. Clayton
5789:H. du Pont
5729:T. Clayton
5636:(painting)
5588:and legacy
5446:John Blair
5295:New Jersey
5249:Rufus King
5147:Preemption
5061:War Powers
4996:Suspension
4814:Exceptions
4504:Human Life
4403:Unratified
4203:Amendments
4060:Centennial
4033:and legacy
3864:Lyman Hall
3600:New Jersey
3498:John Adams
3024:New Jersey
2985:John Alsop
2912:John Adams
2799:1789–1793
2765:1781–1783
2554:References
2532:2023-08-02
2508:2012-07-07
2341:1793–1795
2307:1791–1793
2273:1789–1791
2262:Committees
1833:Committees
1694:Convention
1664:Councilman
1639:Councilman
1510:Councilman
1492:New Castle
1487:Convention
1444:New Castle
1394:New Castle
1344:New Castle
1319:New Castle
1294:New Castle
1269:New Castle
1244:New Castle
1219:New Castle
1194:New Castle
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1144:New Castle
1119:New Castle
1093:New Castle
840:His home,
744:Federalist
489:Early life
347:Profession
327:Thane Read
291:Federalist
239:1733-09-18
207:new office
123:new office
6595:Hall-Long
6520:MacCollum
6463:governors
6338:Pennewill
6278:Saulsbury
6173:Molleston
6163:D. Rodney
6093:Dickinson
6066:Governors
6051:Governors
5889:D. Rodney
5744:R. Bayard
5157:Saxbe fix
5046:Executive
5001:Take Care
4991:Supremacy
4866:Guarantee
4794:Elections
4565:Formation
4278:1795–1804
3812:John Penn
3622:John Hart
2980:Isaac Low
2446:Fiske, J.
2257:President
1773:Judiciary
1762:resigned
1568:Executive
1483:Delegate
1088:Judiciary
992:John Read
924:John Read
908:President
900:John Read
631:President
590:Stamp Act
526:John Penn
448:Berkshire
426:in 1787.
355:Signature
337:Residence
314:Relatives
193:In office
149:In office
109:In office
62:In office
6560:McGinnis
6550:Tribbitt
6500:Anderson
6485:Ferguson
6408:Tribbitt
6403:Peterson
6368:McMullen
6358:Robinson
6348:Townsend
6308:Reynolds
6298:Stockley
6238:Stockton
6148:Mitchell
6103:Van Dyke
6059:Delaware
5974:Hastings
5909:Spruance
5884:Van Dyke
5819:Williams
5809:Townsend
5439:Virginia
5413:Maryland
5377:Delaware
5279:New York
5056:Vicinage
5050:Judicial
4774:Contract
4744:Commerce
4632:Printing
4446:Proposed
4158:Preamble
4151:Articles
3903:Maryland
3891:New York
3749:Virginia
3718:Maryland
3692:Delaware
3569:New York
3163:Virginia
3132:Maryland
2990:John Jay
2973:New York
2702:Archived
2377:See also
2252:Majority
2242:Congress
2190:1787/88
2156:1786/87
2122:1785/86
2088:1784/85
2054:1783/84
2020:1782/83
1986:1781/82
1952:1780/81
1918:1778/79
1881:1777/78
1844:1776/77
1838:District
1828:Governor
1823:Majority
1813:Assembly
1727:New York
1689:Delegate
1061:Location
762:Articles
712:1777/78
682:Assembly
524:In 1763
385:Delaware
304:Children
101:Delaware
6540:Buckson
6535:Rollins
6490:Eliason
6438:Markell
6413:du Pont
6388:Buckson
6323:Tunnell
6293:J. Hall
6288:Cochran
6228:Comegys
6218:Bennett
6213:Hazzard
6203:Paynter
6143:D. Hall
6133:Bassett
6123:Bedford
6118:Clayton
6073:McKinly
6004:Kaufman
5939:Higgins
5919:Comegys
5894:Ridgely
5854:Bassett
5847:Class 2
5814:Tunnell
5794:Wolcott
5739:Naudain
5709:Latimer
5697:Class 1
5586:Display
5558:Related
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5038:Vesting
5006:Takings
4891:Militia
4749:Compact
4701:Clauses
4627:Signing
4572:History
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2719:website
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2247:Chamber
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1818:Chamber
1583:acting
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773:Senator
706:Speaker
694:Speaker
6585:Carney
6580:Minner
6565:Castle
6545:Lammot
6530:Bayard
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6475:Parker
6470:Cannon
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6418:Castle
6393:Carvel
6378:Carvel
6353:Denney
6343:Miller
6318:Watson
6313:Marvil
6283:Ponder
6273:Cannon
6268:Burton
6263:Causey
6248:Temple
6233:Cooper
6198:Thomas
6193:Haslet
6158:Haslet
6153:Truitt
6128:Rogers
6078:McKean
5979:Hughes
5944:Kenney
5859:Vining
5829:Carper
5764:Riddle
5734:McLane
5719:Horsey
5644:(film)
5028:Treaty
4931:Postal
4926:Pardon
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2504:. IBDB
2502:"1776"
1103:Crown
1051:Office
872:Thomas
866:Family
842:Stonum
571:Sussex
454:, and
444:Dublin
430:Father
350:lawyer
296:Spouse
272:, U.S.
6515:Cooch
6505:Hazel
6398:Terry
6383:Boggs
6373:Bacon
6303:Biggs
6253:Tharp
6243:Maull
6178:Stout
6168:Clark
6138:Sykes
6113:Davis
6009:Coons
5999:Biden
5994:Boggs
5989:Frear
5949:Allee
5924:Bates
5879:Wells
5869:Wells
5754:Wales
5714:White
2546:York.
2389:Notes
2237:Dates
1808:Dates
1778:Dover
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1573:Dover
1520:Dover
1076:notes
599:First
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383:from
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6575:Wolf
6495:Bush
6423:Wolf
6363:Buck
6328:Hunn
6258:Ross
6223:Polk
6208:Polk
6098:Cook
6083:Read
6053:and
5984:Buck
5964:Ball
5824:Roth
5784:Ball
5779:Gray
5704:Read
2659:ISBN
2640:ISBN
2621:ISBN
2575:ISBN
2194:12th
2160:11th
2126:10th
1056:Type
859:1776
817:The
677:Year
601:and
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567:Kent
414:and
260:Died
233:Born
6570:Woo
6333:Lea
6057:of
4193:VII
4173:III
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