Identifier: historyofoldkind01coll Title: A history of old Kinderhook from aboriginal days to the present time; Year: 1914 (1910s) Authors: Collier, Edward Augustus, 1835- [from old catalog] Subjects: Kinderhook, N.Y. -- History. [from old catalog] Publisher: New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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