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1968
GUSN-169777
Legal records provide the historian with boundless resources for unlocking the past. The problem with the records is that they are sometimes obscure and require the reader to master new techniques. But Juliette Tomlinson argues that the reward of this hard work is bringing to light material that has been "smothered or buried in dark silence.
Article ID 158
SC001
Old-Time New England
SC001.1968.058.212.003
Legal records provide the historian with boundless resources for unlocking the past. The problem with the records is that they are sometimes obscure and require the reader to master new techniques. But Juliette Tomlinson argues that the reward of this hard work is bringing to light material that has been "smothered or buried in dark silence.
Volume 58, Number 212 (Spring, 1968)
Juliette Tomlinson (Author)
(1968). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
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Boston, Mass.
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Old Time New England
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