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Unknown Tempest in a Pea Pod

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.280 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Poem Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 p. ; 9 x 37 cm. Order a Copy

Printed. Talked of a rich man that makes promises to a poor villiage.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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