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The Peabody Sisters of Salem

by Louise Hall Tharp

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Louise Hall Tharp

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Notable Books List (1950)

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Original publication date: 1950
People/Characters: Elizabeth Palmer Peabody; Mary Peabody Mann; Sophia Peabody Hawthorne
Important places: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Dedication: To the Hawthorne descendants

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Genres: Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 929.2 — History & geography Biographies, Genealogy, Healdry Genealogy, Flags, Heraldry, Civil Records Families
LCC: CS71 .P351949 — Auxiliary Sciences of History Genealogy Genealogy By region or country

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 3
ASINs: 17

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Published: 1950
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 929.2
LCC: CS71 .P351949

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