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775:364852416
536:555984034
341:president
254:Spouse(s)
176:, Denmark
135:Successor
114:Called by
1111:Woodruff
1105:Woodruff
1058:Robinson
1035:Thompson
893:51978026
852:30473917
820:13063629
790:(eds.),
757:17649801
737:(1988),
694:(2002).
510:through
360:Hjørring
174:Hjørring
1302:(2019–)
1238:Carmack
1226:Nadauld
1214:Carmack
1023:Corrill
1006:Cowdery
1000:Whitmer
994:Cowdery
646:5272718
616:9545527
555:9513567
396:mission
388:seventy
348:Mission
343:of the
323:, born
266:Parents
44:improve
1300:Curtis
1288:Jensen
1256:Jensen
1232:Jensen
1197:Larsen
1191:Durham
1147:Hunter
1129:Jaques
1123:Jenson
1064:Higbee
1029:Higbee
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425:stakes
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1319:Notes
1099:Pratt
1041:Sloan
665:Notes
402:into
1294:Snow
1244:Dunn
1220:Dunn
1135:Lund
889:OCLC
879:ISBN
848:OCLC
838:ISBN
816:OCLC
806:ISBN
771:OCLC
753:OCLC
743:ISBN
642:OCLC
612:OCLC
551:OCLC
532:OCLC
429:ward
195:Utah
181:Died
158:Born
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