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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
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- ↑ "Taxation of America, 1765" . Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ "Music and Poetry of the American Revolution" . Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ "Guide Book To New England Travel: New York To New Haven Guidebook, Originally Published 1919".
- ↑ "Descent on Middlesex, 1781" . Retrieved 14 August 2012.