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1187:Nevada
1127:Kansas
1102:Hawaii
1057:Alaska
993:Topics
772:Quilts
721:Topics
713:(1865)
707:(1859)
701:(1856)
695:(1858)
689:(1857)
675:(1854)
661:(1851)
655:(1851)
649:(1849)
643:(1847)
637:(1848)
619:Events
593:houses
580:Places
423:People
34:lacks
1364:Palau
1262:Texas
1142:Maine
1107:Idaho
633:Pearl
328:Notes
1318:Guam
1267:Utah
1222:Ohio
1122:Iowa
943:and
765:1850
273:Ohio
189:Ohio
41:NRIS
244:No.
1465::
355:.
349:.
336:^
283:.
271:,
187:,
1048::
978:e
971:t
964:v
407:e
400:t
393:v
76:)
70:(
65:)
61:(
57:.
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