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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : A. Foster's Christian Progress in China: Gleanings from the Writings and Speeches of Many Workers (1889)- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : H. H. Hain's History of Perry County, Pennsylvania: Including Descriptions of Indians and Pioneer Life from the Time of Earliest Settlement, Sketches of Its Noted Men and Women and Many Professional Men (1922)
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