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995:D. Sewall
899:Lynde Jr.
874:Remington
854:Davenport
844:Lynde Sr.
744:Hennessey
632:Lynde Jr.
612:Lynde Sr.
597:Addington
587:Stoughton
515:Paul Kirk
272:contracts
244:Air Medal
216:in 1939,
160:Education
135:Arlington
70:Paul Kirk
43:In office
1490:Botsford
1460:Marshall
1445:O'Connor
1405:Braucher
1370:Counihan
1365:Williams
1355:Spalding
1320:F. Field
1285:DeCourcy
1240:Knowlton
1220:C. Allen
1215:W. Field
1205:W. Allen
1190:Endicott
1110:Fletcher
1090:C. Dewey
1075:D. Dewey
1060:Sedgwick
1055:Thatcher
1040:Bradbury
990:Sullivan
834:Leverett
829:Hathorne
809:Winthrop
799:Richards
794:Danforth
759:Marshall
724:F. Field
714:Knowlton
704:W. Field
602:Winthrop
592:Winthrop
242:and the
114:New York
1568:Italics
1515:Gaziano
1465:Ireland
1450:Greaney
1400:Quirico
1395:Reardon
1325:Donahue
1300:Carroll
1275:Sheldon
1260:Hammond
1255:Lathrop
1235:Gardner
1225:Colburn
1150:Chapman
1135:Merrick
1125:Bigelow
1120:Metcalf
1105:Hubbard
1095:Lincoln
1070:Jackson
959:Sargent
909:Russell
894:Hubbard
764:Ireland
689:Chapman
684:Bigelow
664:Parsons
654:Sargent
649:Cushing
472:Sources
364:hearsay
341:domicil
234:during
1535:Kafker
1530:Cypher
1500:Duffly
1480:Sosman
1430:Abrams
1425:Liacos
1415:Kaplan
1380:Cutter
1330:Lummus
1305:Jenney
1295:Pierce
1290:Crosby
1270:Braley
1265:Loring
1250:Barker
1230:Holmes
1210:Devens
1185:Devens
1165:Foster
1140:Thomas
1115:Forbes
1080:Putnam
1065:Parker
1050:Strong
1045:Sewall
1015:Sumner
985:Foster
979:Warren
914:Oliver
884:Graves
864:Dudley
859:Quincy
849:Thomas
839:Curwin
824:Saffin
819:Walley
749:Liacos
709:Holmes
699:Morton
674:Parker
669:Sewall
637:Oliver
617:Dudley
1550:Dewar
1510:Hines
1495:Gants
1485:Cordy
1475:Spina
1470:Cowin
1455:Fried
1440:Nolan
1435:Lynch
1350:Ronan
1345:Dolan
1200:Soule
1175:Wells
1085:Wilde
1035:Dawes
1030:Paine
972:Paine
939:Brown
929:Ropes
814:Cooke
769:Gants
739:Tauro
643:Adams
1525:Budd
1520:Lowy
1505:Lenk
1385:Kirk
1310:Wait
1280:Rugg
1195:Lord
1170:Ames
1160:Colt
1155:Gray
1145:Hoar
1020:Dana
965:Reed
774:Budd
719:Rugg
694:Gray
679:Shaw
659:Dana
274:and
220:and
143:U.S.
124:Died
118:U.S.
97:Born
1340:Cox
1335:Qua
729:Qua
177:LLB
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168:BA
141:,
137:,
116:,
112:,
564:e
557:t
550:v
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