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Hartland's
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277:Town Clerk
221:Early life
193:Profession
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722:Kittredge
712:Pierpoint
591:Carpenter
270:Vermont's
196:Physician
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47:In office
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817:Woodbury
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677:Richards
343:Hardwick
263:New York
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682:Egerton
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