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978:, March 19, 1978. Accessed November 1, 2018. "Together with the Bloomfield Historical Society, the North Jersey group has purchased a tombstone for the previously unmarked grave of Alexander Jackson Davis, the noted Victorian who lived in Llewellyn Park in West Orange."
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1144:County seat
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364:feature ID
291:Population
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194:74°14′29″W
191:40°47′15″N
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1396:Footnotes
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1267:Irvington
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