Identifier: documentaryjour18982indi (find matches)
Title: Documentary journal of Indiana 1898
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Indiana. General Assembly
Subjects: Indiana--Politics and government--Sources
Publisher: Indianapolis : Wm. B. Burford, contractor for state printing and binding, 1899
Contributing Library: Indiana State Library, Indiana Memory Program
Digitizing Sponsor: Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act; Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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