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255:Portals
1615:Spilka
1600:Murray
1585:Bulger
1570:Powers
1565:Holmes
1520:Cotton
1430:Butler
1390:Bishop
1380:Loring
1365:Pitman
1335:Phelps
1310:Warren
1305:Wilson
1300:Wilder
1275:Quincy
1260:Quincy
1220:Fowler
1145:Powell
1082:Polito
1077:Murray
1072:Healey
1042:Dwight
992:Cahill
982:Hurley
962:Fuller
922:Draper
882:Weston
872:Knight
867:Talbot
862:Tucker
852:Hayden
802:Childs
782:Morton
685:Tailer
680:Dummer
675:Tailer
527:Ludlow
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232:Legacy
146:Spouse
1550:Dolan
1515:Wragg
1510:Moran
1490:Allen
1450:Jones
1445:Soule
1440:Smith
1400:Bruce
1350:Field
1330:Upham
1325:Baker
1240:Bliss
1205:Mills
1160:Adams
1150:Adams
1067:Swift
1052:Kerry
987:Kelly
977:Bacon
967:Allen
942:Barry
937:Walsh
917:Guild
912:Bates
907:Crane
897:Haile
837:Trask
827:Brown
737:Adams
670:Povey
512:Goffe
447:1855
293:Texas
1530:Hunt
1505:Fish
1355:Pond
1315:Cook
1295:Bell
1255:King
1245:Mann
1185:Otis
1170:Otis
1165:Cobb
932:Luce
887:Ames
877:Long
807:Reed
797:Hull
767:Gray
762:Cobb
742:Gill
374:ISBN
116:Died
104:Born
957:Cox
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