Identifier: narrativehistory5829bige (find matches)
Title: A narrative history of the town of Cohasset, Massachusetts
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Bigelow, E. Victor (Edwin Victor), 1866-1929 Collier, Priscilla L
Subjects: Botany
Publisher: (Boston, Mass., Press of S. Usher)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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