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860:Wiswell
815:Nealley
755:Dingley
740:Johnson
700:Belcher
675:Andrews
635:Ruggles
620:Ruggles
459:Sources
382:Salerno
47:improve
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1483:Muskie
1453:Sewall
1428:Baxter
1408:Haines
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1368:Marble
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1328:Perham
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1223:Dunlap
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1010:Silsby
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925:Bonney
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1218:Smith
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1025:Edgar
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825:Frank
810:Robie
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765:Stone
665:Allen
650:Davee
640:White
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610:Ames
521:1930
517:1928
470:ISBN
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