History Quarterly of the Filson Club, Volumes 1-2Filson Club, 1926 - Kentucky "Brief sketches of the Filson club's Publications and its History quarterly, with a general index to their chief topics, by Otto A. Rothert": v. 11, p. 1-107. |
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