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[T]his free and easy old-bachelor sort of life is quite full of fun and jollity. Pease and myself room together; and everything… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
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Without infringing on the liberty we so much boast, might we not ask our professional Mayor to call upon the smokers, have… — Harriot Kezia Hunt Copy Share Image
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